News: The Prime Minister of Malaysia once mentioned that 2014 is going to be a year of ‘endless possibilities'. However, from recent occurrences, 2014 is more suited to be called a year of endless price increases! The prices of sugar, electricity, petrol, toll rates, and property assessment rate and transportation fares have risen sharply over the past few months. As 2014 nears, Malaysians are beginning to feel the heat of…

Headlines: Putin Wins Over Ukraine with Gas Deal and $15 Billion Bailout West Abandoning Regime Change Project in Syria Saudi Arabia Will Go It Alone says Diplomat Pakistan: US Donates Trucks to Police under $29m Assistance Package Details: Putin Wins Over Ukraine with Gas Deal and $15 Billion Bailout President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovych, agreed to landmark deals in the Kremlin on Tuesday that will see…

News: The Citizen Newspaper dated 14th December 2013 reported on Parliament passing a strong resolution calling upon the government to take concrete steps against swindlers of public resources. The resolution was passed on Wednesday at the end of the debate on reports tabled by three oversight committees namely the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Local Authorities Accounts Committee (LAAC) and Budget Committee. Reflecting on the Controller and Auditor General's (CAG) reports…

Event The UK media is once again reporting another banking scandal involving the Royal Bank of Scotland. This time the bank is under scrutiny for two offences: one, a report by the businessman and government adviser Lawrence Tomlinson, which claims that the bank deliberately pushed viable businesses into default in order to take over their assets on the cheap; the other, from Sir Andrew Large, former deputy chairman of the…