May 21: Penang Development Corporation’s ability to pay its employees “hefty” bonuses for “record-breaking” profits it made last year is great news for civil servants of this country. It is the ...

Been a while since I added a new kid to my blogroll. Say hi to Jepry Jaws. At 28, he has already been a journalist with TV3 and the Vibes (yes, that portal Terence Fernandez and I helped start in 2020 ...

Rocky’s Bru, which I started in 2006, is second in the latest ranking on Malaysia’s political blogs and websites by the US-based Feedspot, a content reader that helps you track multiple websites ...

14 Feb: Today couples all around the modern world renew their love for each other but not Petronas, our national oul corporation, and Petros, Sarawak’s oil company. These two can’t stop bickering and ...

(The Edge speculated Bashir’s “return” to Malaysia’s aviation here and confirmed the story MAG appoints former MAHB MD Bashir Ahmad as director). In any case, after my posting below, I was alerted to ...

Every time our Ringgit strengthens, our kiasu neighbours in the south are the first to be concerned - and affected. And rightly so. Malaysia receives 8.3 million tourist arrivals from Singapore (pop 5 ...

The Curve, 1/feb: Did you know how many zeros there are in a billion? Of course, you didn’t. I doubt if those billionaires knew, either, which is probably why they generally fail to declare their ...

Starbucks, Bangsar Village, 28/jan: I’ve had very little association with our outgoing King, Sultan Abdullah of Pahang, during his tenure as the 16th YDPA since 31/Jan 2019. I mean, I can count the ...

This is a time of profound disruption across all facets of international relations. As information technology reshapes societies everywhere, we have reached an unprecedented intersection between ...

Damansara, 14 Aug (a public holiday in Selangor): Of all the analyses on the outcome of the six-state elections, I like one dished out by Liyana Marzuki the most. The Scoop has the story: Mereka bukan ...

On Aug 8, 2023 we launched Big Boom Media and its flagship portal SCOOP. A media company owned and run by thoroughbred newsmen. Since then SCOOP has had younger siblings in the form of MOOSANG, our ...

Wed, 5 April: Some Malaysians don’t think much of memoranda of understanding and that’s quite, er, understandable. For there was a time when corporate Malaysia would sign MOU after MOU with foreign ...