Category: Column

Dispensing Justice in a Mad World

 Smart laws don’t assure justice any more than a good recipe guarantees a delicious meal. – Preet Bharara, Former US Attorney ——————- A peek into

THAT YELLOW BRICK ROAD

The year was 2000 – the year of the dragon. The year my little boy arrived. This time, we were more settled.  We had moved

CAN PAKATAN REJUVENATE ITSELF?

To say that Pakatan Harapan (PH) supporters are cautiously optimistic over the chances of the coalition to rejuvenate itself given the development in the last

COVERING MILES AROUND ‘MEJA BOLA’

In the pre-fire ‘cowboy’ town of Saratok (popularly Segatok among locals) there was only one ‘meja bola’ (billiard table) run by Ee Tay, with his

Two years on, living with Covid-19

With COVID-19, we’ve made it to the life raft. Dry land is far away.  –  Marc Lipsitch, epidemiologist For two long years, our resilience has

Dreams of Keling, promises fulfilled

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. —

New i-CATS campus is for all

I will be honest. I do not follow Sarawak news on a daily basis and there must be many issues of interest which I have

THE RAKYAT TRUST NAJIB RAZAK

THE writing on the wall is unmistakable. BN/UMNO’s most recent victory in Johor, in the November 2021 Melaka state elections, and in the Tanjung Piai