Falim man held over racist abuse

POLICE arrested yesterday a man who was shown in a video shouting racist abuse at a fast food restaurant in Falim, near Ipoh. Ipoh district police chief Yahaya Hassan said the 42-year-old man was arrested about 11pm last night in Ampang Baru.

PM conveys Teachers’ Day greetings

PRIME Minister Anwar Ibrahim today wished Happy Teachers’ Day to all teachers and educators in the country. In conjunction with the celebration today, Anwar also expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the knowledge and devotion given by his former teachers.

10 podcasting tips from ‘Keluar Sekejap’

AS an avid podcast listener, I observe with interest at the rising popularity of the podcast “Keluar Sekejap” hosted by Khairy Jamaluddin and Shahril Hamdan. Putting aside my own views about the content, I find the podcast to be a good model of a Malaysian political podcast done right, other notable examples being “Waroeng Baru” and BFM’s […]

Pele’s gilded, turf-lined tomb opens to public in Brazil

IT is a final resting place fit for “The King”: six months after the death of the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time, Brazil opened Pele’s gilded, football-turfed tomb to the public yesterday. Pele, who died on December 29 at age 82 after a battle with cancer, was buried at the Ecumenical […]

Plastic bag ban welcome but execution is key

PLASTIC pollution is suffocating our planet – and it’s only getting  worse. Production has rocketed in the last two decades, with more plastic being produced between 2003 and 2016 than in the whole of the 20th century.