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Spreading positive Vibes for one year – Terence Fernandez Posted by: superadmin - 09-19-2021, 04:11 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies SO, why would Malaysia need another news portal? This was among the questions thrown at us when a motley group of friends – yes, some with deep pockets – got together one evening in the middle of 2020 and dreamed up a platform to bring our standards of journalism to the masses. The question was a legitimate one. The news business can be a thankless one and it is one that burns money. Here we are in the middle of a global pandemic launching one, with zero idea where the revenue was going to come from – if it was going to come. Only the commitment of a funder that this is something he will see through for the long haul. Simply because it is something that the nation needs. And so, with much pomp and pageantry – and fireworks that cost just over RM20,000 (no, not RM1 million as some had erroneously estimated) – The Vibes was launched today, one year ago in Kota Kinabalu. It coincided with a mini concert that helped provide temporary jobs and respite to the event management and entertainment industry reeling from a lockdown that at the time seemingly had no conclusion. But, more importantly, The Vibes was launched in the midst of the Sabah election with a promise of “Malaysia. From Every Side”. - More -   YOURSAY | Pejuang no longer kingmaker in wake of MOU Posted by: superadmin - 09-19-2021, 09:48 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Proarte: Look at the tone of Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) founder Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s man Khairuddin Abu Hassan - it is so crude and insulting. Nobody in the opposition sidelined Warisan, Pejuang or Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda). The reality is they were sidelined by the government, which did not invite them for discussion. Khairuddin should go crying to PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob and ask why they were “sidelined”. It is possible that the PM might tell Khairuddin that the Warisan-Pejuang-Muda trio is a mosquito party whose support he does not need. Didn’t Mahathir “sideline” opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim since 1998 as well? Didn’t Mahathir sabotage Anwar’s chance of becoming PM in 2020 by resigning as PM and causing the Pakatan Harapan government to collapse and see his party Bersatu defect into the arms of BN and PAS? They went on to form the new Perikatan Nasional (PN) government. While in the opposition, haven’t Warisan, Pejuang and Muda been lukewarm at best about supporting Anwar to be PM? In fact, Mahathir has been downright hostile towards Anwar. Warisan, Pejuang and Muda are under the thumb of Mahathir and their narrow political agenda is to make sure Anwar does not become PM - it is as basic as that. I see them as trojans who are working in the interest of PN. Harapan Plus should contest in all the seats Warisan, Pejuang and Muda plan to contest in and put them to pasture politically. Apa Nama: Indeed, Khairuddin should ask Ismail Sabri about this instead. Perhaps your chief Mahathir wanted people to come and invite him with drums and trumpets. By the way, who is Mahathir? He is nothing but a menace and nuisance to this country. What did he do for this country besides building white elephants and destroying the institutions that we now need to reform? Your chief had turned this country back two to three decades. You can go and fly kites with your sidelined claim. Pejuang deserves to be sidelined. - More -   One stunning afternoon: Setbacks imperil Biden’s reset Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 07:44 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies WASHINGTON (AP) — It was an hour President Joe Biden would no doubt like to forget. On Friday, the Pentagon acknowledged that a drone strike in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians, including seven children, not terrorists. A panel advising the Food and Drug Administration voted to not recommend COVID booster shots for all Americans over 16, dashing an administration hope. And The punishing headlines, all within an hour, underscored the perils for any president from the uncontrollable events that can define a term in office. They came as Biden has seen public approval numbers trend downward as the COVID-19 crisis has deepened and Americans cast blamed for the flawed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The administration had hoped to roll out tougher vaccine guidelines, a new international alliance to thwart China and a recommitment to what Biden has done best: drawing on his years on Capitol Hill and knowledge of the legislative process to cajole fellow Democrats to pass the two far-reaching spending bills that make up the heart of his agenda. Those ambitions are now more difficult. France announced it was recalling its ambassador to the U.S. out of anger for being cut out of a secret nuclear submarine deal Biden had struck with the United Kingdom and Australia. - More -   Bats in Laos caves found to carry coronaviruses that share key feature with Covid-19 Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 07:38 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies Bats in Laos caves found to carry coronaviruses that share key feature with Sars-CoV-2 VIENTIANE (BLOOMBERG) - Bats dwelling in limestone caves in northern Laos were found to carry coronaviruses that share a key feature with Sars-CoV-2, moving scientists closer to pinpointing the cause of Covid-19. Researchers at France's Pasteur Institute and the University of Laos looked for viruses similar to the one that causes Covid-19 among hundreds of horseshoe bats. They found three with closely matched receptor binding domains - the part of the coronavirus' spike protein used to bind to human ACE-2, the enzyme it targets to cause an infection. The finding, reported in a paper released on Friday (Sept 17) that is under consideration for publication by Nature journal, shows that viruses closely related to Sars-CoV-2 exist in nature, including in several Rhinolophus, or horseshoe bat, species. The research supports the hypothesis that the pandemic began from a spillover of a bat-borne virus. About 1,000 such infections may be occurring daily in southern China and South-east Asia in areas with dense populations of bats from the Rhinolophus genus, a study on Tuesday found. - More -   The 2000-year-old 'computer' that simply shouldn't exist - BBC REEL Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 07:15 PM - Forum: Interesting Videos - No Replies   Afghanistan: Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 07:02 PM - Forum: Stop Gender Inequality - No Replies The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. "Everything looks very dark," she said. Despite Taliban promises it is the latest sign Afghanistan is returning to the harsh rule of the 1990s. In another development, on Friday the Taliban appeared to have shut down the women's affairs ministry and replaced it with a department that once enforced strict religious doctrines. During their rule between 1996 and 2001, the Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice was responsible for deploying so-called morality police on to the streets to enforce the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islamic religious law, known as Sharia. - More -   ‘Shang-Chi co-star Ronny Chieng wishes Malaysians a happy Malaysia Day Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 06:58 PM - Forum: Celebreties News - No Replies DESPITE finding success in the United States with a gig on The Daily Show and a burgeoning acting career, comedian and actor Ronny Chieng is glad to show off his Malaysian roots. Wishing Malaysians a happy Malaysia Day, the Johor Baru-born actor and comedian, as part of promoting the impending release of Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ (coming to Malaysia on October 7), brandished his red Malaysian passport. He also delivered some (accented) Bahasa Malaysia phrases that we are all too familiar with to establish his Malaysian credibility. “Number one, I still have a Malaysia passport okay, look at this, what more proof do you need? “Number two, I still use my ‘lah’ and ‘meh’ all the time like ‘boleh lah’, ‘can meh’, ‘can lah’. “And number three, I can still order like a pro at the kopitiam.” - More -   We need to escape poverty: fisherwoman files petition urging resumption of PSI Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 06:41 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies BALIK PULAU – While Zakaria Ismail ascended as a hero among fishermen for successfully setting aside the environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval for the controversial Penang South Islands (PSI) project, one particular fisherwoman thought otherwise. Instead of a circumstantial hero for the future, Fajinah Jaafar deems Zakaria to have destroyed the livelihoods of the fishermen by halting the project. A day after learning that the appeal board decided last week, under the Environmental Quality Act 1974, to side with Zakaria, Fajinah decided to file a petition to apply for the PSI project to continue. The 60-year-old fisherwoman said that she was disappointed to learn that the PSI project was stalled, as she thought the project could provide a better future for the fishermen. “I want this project to continue, which is why I, with my sister’s help, am willing to collect signatures and support from those who want the PSI project to continue,” she told The Vibes when met at her home in Kuala Sg Pinang here. Fajinah said she has collected 930 signatures so far, 421 of them from fishermen and 509 from the public. She explained that she did not want to make an online petition on social media as she did not want members of the public to question the validity of her work, and so decided to collect it “manually” with pen and paper. - More -   Withdraw appeal against citizenship ruling, Johor Sultan tells govt Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 06:04 PM - Forum: Stop Gender Inequality - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar today urged the government to abort its plans to appeal the recent High Court decision allowing citizenship rights to children born overseas, regardless of whether the Malaysian parent is the father or mother. Sultan Ibrahim said all children born to Malaysian parents abroad must be accorded the right to citizenship in this country. “The sanctity of the courts must be upheld. Why discriminate against Malaysian mothers with overseas-born children? “This is a basic right of every child, irrespective of whether the Malaysian parent is the father or mother. “It doesn’t feel right that Malaysian fathers and mothers are viewed differently in the eyes of the law concerning their child’s citizenship. - More -   Both NASA And Biden Are In Dismay & Agony When China Is Smarter Posted by: superadmin - 09-18-2021, 05:59 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Pages (1163): « Previous 1 … 876 877 878 879 880 … 1163 Next » Jump to page: