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What will happen on October 13?
Malaysian opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim announced late last month that his Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) coalition...
Define Terrorism
Will the Philippines’ new Anti-Terrorism Bill fight more than just terror?
By Jeremiah Capacillo
ABS-CBN shutdown: Oppressing the press
The Philippine government’s closing down of the country’s biggest broadcast network is the latest attack in its decades-long war against and persecution...
Covid-19: No country for old men? Think again
By Max Herriman
"Isle of the Dead" by Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin, who created several versions of this...
Malaysia’s political power play: Game of Thrones?
How the ongoing power plays between Malaysia’s most prominent political parties affect the nation’s democracy, ethics, governance structures and economic well-being amid...
Butterflies and swans: Virus crisis calls for stress tests in business planning
The butterfly effect was first coined in the 1952 short story “A Sound of Thunder” (Collier’s, 1952)...
Coronavirus crisis: Shall one die for the sake of the economy?
By Max Herriman
A Covid-19 victim is carted away in a funeral car in New York in April
After the virus: Prepare for a Rip Van Winkle economy!
By Max Herriman
Just over a week ago, the Australian Prime Minister, Scott
Morrison, said that he wants small...
Social distancing: Rebels with a cause
Why the Philippine government’s
failure to understand their people results in poor adherence to social
distancing.
By
Jeremiah Capacillo
Valentine’s Day advice: Self-care just might save you from burn-out
On the search for your special someone, remember to look in the mirror first
By Allyza Quirante
Make PKBN or The National Service Programme in Brunei Compulsory
With “job choosiness”, “lack of training” and “poor working ethics” identified as possible...
The race of our lives: Thoughts on a Manila Grand Prix
A Manila Grand Prix would be a dream. But first, better sewage, right?
The most tantalising news in the past couple of weeks has got...
Change in Malaysia – Please, just fix the saddle!
Reform – Separation of Executive - Legislative and Judiciary. These are some of the current buzz words in our political discourse in Malaysia these...
Health sector challenges for the new government
A friend from United Kingdom was mocking my friends and me on the eve of our 14th general elections, saying sarcastically that we Malaysians...
Aung San Suu Kyi: Human rights friend or foe?
Aung San Suu Kyi, a recent recipient of the Harvard humanitarian of the year award and a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1991 in...
Battle for strategic supremacy in East Asia: Who will win?
Simmering tensions in the South China Sea have reached a state of uneasiness as of late. Long-standing territorial disputes between China and several regional...
Where President Aquino Failed
It is very easy to bash President Aquino (PNoY) now given the surprising rise of a solid protest vote in the May 9 Philippine...
Lessons from the cold in Bangkok
It shouldn’t be that cold in Bangkok.
Well, let’s say “cold.” Yesterday night it was around 16°C (61°F) on the mercury combined with a relatively...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...