Freedom: Fact, fiction or fantasy?
For what avail the plough or the sail, or land or life, if freedom fail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist THE greatest fear facing mankind is for some superior sovereign to define, decide and deliver freedom either through public policy manifest in written laws and constitutions, or by sheer force of political will that […]
Govt looking into easing restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals
PUTRAJAYA: The government is looking into easing restrictions for individuals who have completed their Covid-19 vaccination regime including allowing them to travel interstate, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said a technical committee comprising health and science experts set up under the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee (JKJAV) is reviewing the […]
Fearsome freedoms
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. — George Orwell, English novelist The biggest freedom every human being enjoys is the freedom of thought. The power, authority, luxury and right to think good, bad, ugly, reprehensible, joyful, awesome, awful, hateful, or beautiful […]
Party hopping
BY DR NAVIN C NAIDU Party hopping has become crucial today exacerbated by a insidious razor-thin temporary majority, perhaps, enjoyed by the PN government, and the thinness or thickness of that majority is wholly dependent on, if not controlled by, how Article 10(1)(c) of the Federal Constitution (FC) is explained, used, rationalised, justified and interpreted […]
Wonderful timing for the Earth Day
Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. – John Muir, Scottish-American naturalist, author and environmental philosopher A beautiful thing has happened amid the coronavirus pandemic. The animals are running free, and we are all […]
Transit centres for the homeless
KUCHING: Homeless individuals in the state have an opportunity to return to society as they will be given a place to stay including having jobs. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said her ministry and the State Welfare Department were preparing a Social Intervention Directory for the homeless […]
