Kedah MB-condoned illegal pursuit for RM43 trillion REE?
A general view of an alleged illegal rare earth mining process lab in Bukit Enggang, Sik. - NSTP file picNST Leader: Malaysia, a can-do-anything country?March 23, 2023 @ 12:01amIf Malaysia doesn't get...
View ArticleTo QE or not QE? That is the SVB crisis question!
Andrew Sheng and Tan Yi Kai/The Edge MalaysiaMarch 21, 2023 13:45 pm +08The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sent shock waves and ripples from the US outwards. Two other American banks...
View ArticleSelamat Hari Raya, Victor Chin
Ruichi Sakamoto's composition for the 1983 movie, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence became a Christmas music in the US, Britain and Japan. The movie title is pun using the coming Hari Raya celebration to...
View ArticleIs there a cover-up in the biggest drug bust in Malaysian history?
In September 2019, police made the biggest drug bust in Penang in which 12 tonnes of cocaine worth RM2.4 billion seized. This is larger than the Shah Alam drug bust worth half a billion in August the...
View ArticleWas Tajudin Ramli scammed for bailing out BNM?
This poster sprang up on the social media prior to GE14 following an anonymous video recording by a snooper. Subsequently a formal interview was conducted with Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli, the former...
View ArticleDid UMNO and privatisation assets end up in Mahathir and Daim's hand?
The UMNO Veteran Secretary General, Dato Mustapha Yaacob begin to raise questions over it. Question he should because both Mahathir and Daim insist to remain Trustee for UMNO's assets which include the...
View ArticleA B C D E F G .. now I need the GST 🎵
Eight years ago, DAP launched this song to instigate the public to hate GST and the then ruling government BN. After the disaster to the national fiscal policy in 2018 following Lim Guan Eng's single...
View ArticleThe Green Wave stopped, but time bomb ticking
Thick as Brick hoped for a 5-1 victory but it turned out to be the expected 3-3 status quo. The released bomb did not exploded as hoped to be, but then it is a ticking bomb. Taken from the pre-polling...
View ArticleVoters indifferent to corruption
Troubling questions about politics and corruptionAre voters taking a softer stance against instances of corruption in politics?A. Kathirasen - 17 Aug 2023, 7:00amFMTPerikatan Nasional (PN) performed...
View ArticleNoor Hisham: Hero approaching to zero
In a recent Thick as Brick article (read here), the former Director General of the Ministry of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah was exposed for holding back on the death side-effect of mRNA...
View ArticleSaravanan's human trafficking will affect Malaysia's ESG rating
Abdul Malik Dasthigeer or known as Dato Malik ... is widely believed to be the proxy and bag carrier for M Saravanan cum a man of various business exploits and wealth. He was arrested and investigated...
View ArticleZahid's untold DNAA story
Don't tell us he (Ganesan of GK TV) not know Anwar's first liwat case was an outright fix-up. Perhaps he could be excused because this blogger too made the same mistake and realised upon confession by...
View ArticleSyed Saddiq's gig economy exuberance proven wrong
During the Johor state election, there were talk ehailing companies, particularly Grab, were struggling to meet profit forecast due to low margin and high cost of operations. They had to cut cost by...
View ArticleAfter eating out, targeted subsidy is on deck for Raja Formula
A poster is going around ridiculing Rafizi as Raja Formula for his past smart alec remarks during campaigning as opposition to criticise then government's economic policies. He was recently on the...
View ArticleBernas’ role questioned amid country’s rice dilemma
By Esther Lee, Jose Barrock and Vasantha Ganesan / The Edge Malaysia28 Sep 2023, 02:10 pmThis article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly on September 18, 2023 - September 24, 2023THERE is a lot...
View ArticlePTD Mafia budget: Civil service bonus, No opex rationalisation
Back in March 2021, the parent blog Another Brick in the Wall wrote of the self serving PTD Mafia in the civil service. The link here need a VPN to access.Since Annuar Musa left the Ministry, the blog...
View ArticleWeaker Yen to pit Japan against China
The public attention and concern in Malaysia is on the weakening Ringgit vis-a-vis US dollar. Deputy Minister of Finance, Dato Ahmad Maslan explained the reasons as external in Parliament. Except for...
View ArticleGain consumer confidence for new chicken pricing mechanism
Chicken prices will begin to be floated from tomorrow onward. There will no more price ceiling as determined by government. Market will be allowed to set its price based on supply and demand. It served...
View ArticleDays numbered for Chow Koon Yeow
After months of controversy surrounding the collaboration between Umech Construction Sdn Bhd and Penang Development Corporation involving a piece of land in Batu Kawan, CM Chow Koon Yeow called off the...
View ArticleToo many questions hanging on Covid 19 procurement
PETALING JAYA: Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin says he takes full responsibility for the cost of wasted Covid-19 vaccines, following the release of the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) report...
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