Opinion

Generational change of leadership is our best hope now

By Dennis Ignatius THE “Sheraton Move” which saw the fall of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and the rise of Perikatan Nasional (PN) has deeply shocked and...

Obituary: The passing of an Islamic banking Icon

By FocusM | | Opinion

By Dr Vaseehar Hassan ON May 19 , the 26th day of Ramadan, I received a call from a friend from Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), to verify if...

Four suggestions to get started in automation during Covid-19

By FocusM | | Opinion

Without public cloud computing, we wouldn’t be able to face the pandemic in the way we are. On-premise data centres have never scaled this fast,...

Impose stiffer penalties to curb manipulation

By Doreenn Leong | | Featured, Mainstream, Opinion

The Securities Commission (SC) recently filed a civil suit at the High Court against five individuals, including former directors and remisiers,...

Misplaced priorities in Covid-19 measures for migrants?

By Xavier Kong | | Opinion

There is something to be said about misplaced priorities among Malaysians, not just among the public, but maybe, just maybe, in the administration...

Riza’s deal raises question of what kind of PM we have

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion

By William Leong I am responding to two points raised by the Honourable MP for Beaufort, Azizah Mohd Dun, on my public questions to Prime Minister...

Let number forecast operators operate

By Doreenn Leong | | Opinion

Many businesses were relieved when the government allowed them to start operating on May 4 under the relaxed conditional movement control order...

Covid-19 straw breaks free-trade camel’s back

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram | | Featured, Opinion

Economic growth is supposed to be the tide that lifts all boats. According to the conventional wisdom until recently, growth in China, India and...

A short-term recovery plan: What to expect?

By Lee Heng Guie | | Opinion

By Lee Heng Guie THE government has adopted six approaches or 6Rs (Resolve, Resilience, Restart, Recovery, Revitalise and Reform) to balance...

Rotten deal over Riza Aziz must be investigated

By P Gunasegaram | | Featured, Mainstream, Opinion

By P Gunasegaram GIVEN the charges and punishment Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz was facing, the deal offered by the prosecution to him over his US$248...

The astronomical cost of political treachery

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion, Politics

By Dennis Ignatius SEEING the way state governments are falling to Perikatan Nasional (PN) and the way some former Pakatan Harapan (PH) politicians...

Does the prime minister approve of Riza’s discharge?

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion, Politics

By William Leong ARTICLE 43(3) of the Federal Parliament states that the Cabinet is collectively responsible to Parliament. An important mechanism...

Questions over Sri Ram’s deal with Riza Aziz

By P Gunasegaram | | Featured, Opinion, Politics

By P Gunasegaram THE first trial hearing in a case involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) post the entry of the backdoor government started...

Multi-pronged strategy needed to tackle rising unemployment

By Ranjit Singh | | Featured, Opinion

Ranjit Singh THE public health response to the Covid-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented job losses all around the world. Lockdowns have caused...

A late Covid-19 Act will make it redundant

By Chang Kim Loong | | Opinion

By Chang Kim Loong THE Republic of Singapore’s Parliament has recently passed a legislation titled the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 and...

Transparency concerns in BNM’s SME relief fund

By Emmanuel Samarathisa | | Opinion

By Emmanuel Samarathisa BANK Negara Malaysia (BNM) yesterday said that since the special relief facility (SRF) was made available on March 6,...

Backdoor government remains illegitimate

By P Gunasegaram | | Featured, Opinion, Politics

By P Gunasegaram WHILE the King has to use his judgment to choose the prime minister when there is a dispute over who commands the majority in...

Buying the dip – what you need to know

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion

By Paul Familiaran THERE are a few things that, at the moment, may strike you as unwise to even contemplate: international travel, moving house or...