KL, July 18: Out of the blue, a local newspaper earlier this week called for a nationwide ban on vaping. It said it was worried that 14.9% of school students aged 13-17 were vape users (it cited a ...

KL, 26 June: I thought only desperate politicians liked to blame the media to get out of whatever shit hole they have dug up for themvelsves. Well, some of these politicians are putting on different ...

Disclaimer: Tony and I have known each other since last century. When he learned that I was flying to Kazakhstan for a holiday late last year, he kindly offered me a 50 per cent discount. Air Asia X ...

May 21: Penang Development Corporation’s ability to pay its employees “hefty” bonuses for “record-breaking” profits it made last year is great news for civil servants of this country. It is the ...

Been a while since I added a new kid to my blogroll. Say hi to Jepry Jaws. At 28, he has already been a journalist with TV3 and the Vibes (yes, that portal Terence Fernandez and I helped start in 2020 ...

Rocky’s Bru, which I started in 2006, is second in the latest ranking on Malaysia’s political blogs and websites by the US-based Feedspot, a content reader that helps you track multiple websites ...

14 Feb: Today couples all around the modern world renew their love for each other but not Petronas, our national oul corporation, and Petros, Sarawak’s oil company. These two can’t stop bickering and ...

BUDGET 2025: Looking beyond the material world (suggested pic of “Kopi”?) ps This is the draft for my column in The Scoop. 17 Oct: At the Budget 2025 briefing for local editors in Putrajaya onTuesday, ...

The “EPF employee” named by Wan Fayhsal is: is Mohamad Shahazwan Mohd Harris. Nicknamed Juan. I don’t know if he calls himself Juan (like I call myself Rocky) or if that’s a nick people assign to him ...

Kuala Lumpur: The use of one odd word in a typically 25-word intro of a news report can change the whole story, any journalist worth his or her salt will tell you. BusinessToday’s use of “alleged” ...

(The Edge speculated Bashir’s “return” to Malaysia’s aviation here and confirmed the story MAG appoints former MAHB MD Bashir Ahmad as director). In any case, after my posting below, I was alerted to ...

Every time our Ringgit strengthens, our kiasu neighbours in the south are the first to be concerned - and affected. And rightly so. Malaysia ...