APRIL 4 — Much as I opposed the political coup that brought in the current regime, I want to be as bipartisan as possible to ensure the government would make the right call in this time of Covid-19 ...
APRIL 4 — Malaysia must from learn from the best practices of other countries like South Korea, Singapore and China in the invisible war against the Covid-19 pandemic so as not to repeat the nightma...
APRIL 4 — Gabungan Persatuan dan Syarikat Syarikat Teksi Semenanjung Malaysia (GPST), which represents over 100 taxi companies, today appealed to the Government to look into the further wellbeing of...
APRIL 4 — An imminent disaster is pending within Malaysia’s private higher education sector that could potentially permanently close the doors of up to half of the country’s private institutions...
APRIL 3 — If the first casualty in war is truth, as the saying goes, the second may very well be something the entire world values highly right now: quality health care.
APRIL 3 — As we enter the second phase of our movement control order (MCO) and start to plan for the future, there are many issues that need to be thought through and one of them is whether we shoul...
APRIL 3 — The Malaysian Parliament should explore the possibility of holding an emergency 'virtual' Parliament as it is imperative that Malaysia adopts a “whatever it takes” strategy not only to...
APRIL 3 — Malaysia is now into its third week of the movement control order and although early signs suggest our efforts are beginning to pay off, there is still a long road ahead.
APRIL 3 — The movement control order (“MCO”) has affected all of us, something which we all accept as necessary to curb the spread of Covid-19. The restricted movement during this period undoubt...
APRIL 3 — We are a textile technologies scientist and public health physician, writing in response to the global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPEs) during the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak...
APRIL 2 — I was one of the earliest in Malaysia to use the war analogy to describe our fight against the spread of Covid-19. This provocative perspective has now become a popularly accepted one.
APRIL 2 — We, the 51 undersigned groups, organisations and trade unions, in response to the advent of Covid-19, an infectious disease that can easily be transmitted to other human persons, including...
APRIL 2 — Last week it was reported that hundreds of tonnes of vegetables grown in Cameron Highlands were dumped by producers who, due to the ongoing movement control order (MCO), had no way of gett...
APRIL 2 — The Society for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham) praises the Police Diraja Malaysia and the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces for their work and assistance in the current pandemic to ensu...
APRIL 1 — The second phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO)is expected to put further pressure on the already financially distressed urban poor– those with the lowest paying jobs and the fewest...
APRIL 1 — Considering where we are in the MCO and the fact that we haven't seen or properly projected the peak of the outbreak in Malaysia, it would be premature at this point to make any preparatio...
APRIL 1 — The movement control order (MCO) imposed by the government, which requires us all to “stay at home” between March 18, 2020 and April 14, 2020, is unprecedented.
APRIL 1 — Malaysia has lost one of its best activist who was also an intellectual of international standing who had worked tirelessly for the downtrodden and the disadvantaged South.
APRIL 1 — Go to any hospital in Malaysia, and it is still common to see healthcare workers walking around without appropriate facemasks inside the facilities, including in the outpatient clinics and...
MARCH 31 — Three days after becoming the Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill attended a parliament session in order to get the House’s support for his coalition government as the nation f...
MARCH 31 — Responding to social media graphics produced by the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs, EMPOWER Malaysia is shocked at the lack of gender sensitivity and knowledge of women’s rights b...
MARCH 31 — As the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread in an unpredictable manner it presents a growing risk to all stakeholders involved in food assistance, particularly in the area of ...
MARCH 31 — Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) welcomes the new Perikatan Nasional Government's intentions to help ease the burden of the rakyat during this Covid-19 pandemic.
MARCH 30 — When knowing that Mr. Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany's Hesse state committed suicide due to the worry of the economic fallout from the coronavirus last night, I was real...
MARCH 30 — I was shocked when I read a report of the national medical director of National Health Service (NHS) England, Prof Stephen Powis saying that every citizen in the United Kingdom must play ...
MARCH 30 — Since the 2-week long Movement Control Order (“MCO”) came in force on 18th of March, 2020, the daily routines of many have been drastically impacted as schools and businesses have bee...
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