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Truth bombs

De jure regimes are constantly bombarded by de facto jurisdictions, especially when claiming actions for the recovery of land. This involves everything above the land, beneath the land, and around the land. This is accepted, endorsed and known in de jure language as a Latin common law doctrine: cuius est solum, eius usque ad coelum […]

In simplest terms, why crypto is bad

A common uneasiness of ordinary people concerning cryptocurrency is that the financial gurus including economists assume too much knowledge of it and/or their language is too mathematical. As someone who understands economics, I thought that writing about the subject using simple English could help, that perhaps even a well-read twelve-year-old could understand. The crypto was […]

No, No! … We’re far from a failed state

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad celebrated his 96th birthday on July 10. The Pejuang president prayed for Malaysia — that all parties will work towards making the country fully developed. His prayer couldn’t have come at a better time, especially a day after Bloomberg published an article entitled, “Malaysia is staggering down the […]

Common-sense approach to defeating the Covid scourge

By Ahmad Faizal Since the detection of patient zero in Wuhan, the rapid unrelenting progression of this scourge since December 2019 has been the direct result of a failure in basic public health. This public health debacle was caused by the dithering of international and national health authorities worldwide which continues to permit “non-medical considerations” […]

Elections during an emergency

A hot button issue has cropped up concerning the holding of elections, if indeed one is constitutionally mandated, when a proclamation of emergency is in effect. There are various ways of looking at this issue for finding workable solutions. Article 150(2B) of the Federal Constitution (FC) offers some answers which allows for the promulgation of […]

Warisan’s defeat and lessons for Sarawak leaders

By Arnold Puyok & Shahrill Sabarudin In the recent election in Sabah, GRS comprising BN, PN and PBS defeated Warisan by a six-seat margin. The defeat was expected. Two statewide opinion polls conducted by the independent think tank SEEDS (Society Empowerment and Economic Development of Sabah) showed tell-tale signs of Warisan’s loss of support from […]