Old-school honesty in Thomas’ memoir
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou, American poet I believe it is true that many of us had long pointed our fingers at Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the main player responsible for the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government last February. Well, Dr Mahathir was […]
Sarawak should appeal to lift emergency
Covid-19 has been used to justify Parliament being delayed, shortened and void of any debates. Now it is to justify declaring a state of emergency. But the power and authority in today’s government have been adequate to deal with the pandemic. – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad It is understood that when a national emergency is […]
SDMC makes the right moves
This is the reality: the virus is there. We have to face it, but face it like a man, damn it, not like a kid. We’ll confront the virus with reality. That’s life. – Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil President I have refrained from returning to Sarawak over the past four months because like a “good, obedient boy”, […]
Listen to the cries of the suicidal
The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” – Juliette Lewis, American actress Needless to say, it is very sad and depressing to hear of suicide cases. Many of us will never be able to comprehend why those driven to suicide find life so meaningless and not worth […]
Triso tragedy: Stop the blame game
Playing the blame game? Get over it! Move forward! – Unknown It was a tragic accident. That was the clear picture from eyewitnesses of what had happened that fateful New Year’s Day at the Triso ferry point near Sebuyau. It took place on a bright afternoon, not in the dark, and witnessed by many. Those […]
A ‘delicate’ passage for 2021 Budget
2021 Budget has some initiatives for job creation by way of giving construction contracts. Though the intention is noble, the beneficiaries of these projects would be foreign workers, not locals. — Jalil Rasheed, former PNB president A friend called me last Saturday, telling me that he wanted to ask me two specific questions. One, whether […]
Do more for mental health
I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realise is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it. – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, actor How do we feel every time we hear of a suicide case? Isn’t […]
RM500 EPF withdrawal a great help
The money that goes into Social Security is not the government’s money. it’s your money. You paid for it. – Mitch McConnell, US senator In this column last week, I joined the chorus of Malaysians who have appealed to the government to allow Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members to make partial withdrawal from Account 1. […]
Allow partial EPF withdrawal now
Our fund is just so huge that the natural momentum is we’re going to be hitting RM1 trillion in assets under management within the next few years. –Tunku Alizakri Alias, CEO of EPF This time, I am on the side of Umno Youth. I stand in total disagreement with Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in disallowing […]
An unelected government is untenable
Down to the present day — the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions. – Randal Marlin, Canadian philosophy professor 2020 is a year when several unprecedented incidents took place in our country. Covid-19 was unavoidable, call it “an act of God” if you will, but others […]
