We are told there is a glut in “affordable housing” these days. Is that really the case? Well, that would depend on what you consider to be an affordable price for a home.
So let’s take a poll to find out:
Ten questions that remain unanswered by Thai arrest of PetroSaudi IT exec
The publicity surrounding the arrest of a PetroSaudi IT executive smacks of a public relations exercise intended to divert attention from the major questions surrounding 1MDB.
Ranau earthquake-generating fault line was highlighted years ago
We shouldn’t have been too surprised by the recent earthquake and tremors in Sabah. There had been ample warning of the prevalence of earthquake faults in the state, and our rescue services have no reason to be unprepared.
The former director of the Minerals and Geosciences Department Sabah, Alexander Yan, had warned, apparently in 2010, that several previously identified active or potentially active faults were confirmed as earthquake-generating faults. He pointed out that “these faults are to be found in the Ranau area within the Central-North Seismic Zone of Sabah, as well as in the Dent-Semporna Peninsula Zone.”
Has government debt exceeded the 55 per cent ceiling?
What does Greece have in common with Malaysia? The 2004 European football champions just got beaten 2-1 by the “fishermen, road constructors and carpenters” from the Faroe Islands, minnows in world football.
1MDB scandal: Financial institutions have serious explaining to do
The financial institutions that arranged the massive loans for 1MDB have to answer some tough questions.
‘No one came to help us’: Kinabalu mountain guides
While everyone rightfully pays tribute to the heroic mountain guides who rescued stranded climbers following the earthquake that hit Mount Kinabalu, an inquiry must be held to determine the reason for the delay in the official search-and-rescue efforts.
Pope Francis just made four new enemies
Four groups of people are likely to be shifting uncomfortably in their seats after Francis, the Bishop of Rome, released his much-anticipated encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si (on Care for our Common Home).
Rare solar halo appears at Oscar Romero’s beatification (Video)
Something unusual happened at the ceremony to put Oscar Romero, the slain Archbishop of San Salvador, on the path to official recognition as a saint.
Bung Mokhtar blows his top
Is this parliamentary behaviour? Or is this intended to divert our attention from the nation’s troubles?