THEY often work in the shadows but the sacrifices of the men and women of the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division cannot be denied.

IF the US State Department’s 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report (TiP report) was a report card, the teacher’s comments for Malaysia would probably be “must try harder!”.

MALAYSIA has a total of 32 medical schools – 11 in the public sector and 21 in the private sector. That’s the same number as in the United Kingdom, which has twice our population.

A NEW global survey on average broadband speed has ranked Malaysia behind its neighbours, Vietnam and Cambodia.

WHILE many people insist that cash flow is the lifeblood of any business, a similar case can be made for water. There are very few commercial ventures, if any, that can go on for long without a reliable water supply.

ANY of us can be a magician. All we need are these easy-to-get props – a drain or a river, and some rubbish. Toss the rubbish into the drain or river, watch it sink or float away, and, hey presto, you have made the rubbish vanish.

THE fate of MH370 has been sealed. The journey that began in the early hours of March 8 has finally come to an end.

THE current Parliament, the 13th in our nation’s history, began the first meeting of its second session on Monday with the traditional opening by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong followed by his Royal Address.

WHEN you are a resident of the most populous, modern and industrialised state in the country, the last thing you expect is for your basic needs to be compromised.

WHAT is not to like about not having to submit tax returns? After all, it means saying goodbye to that time of the year – April for those with non-business income – when there is much hand-wringing and dashing around to fill up forms and to meet the strict deadline for handing in those forms.

AT every major festival in our multi-faceted nation, we hear words of wisdom ring out loud and clear.

JANUARY is not even over yet, but who can blame us if we want to reboot the year? There has been a catalogue of controversial and unfortunate developments over the past four weeks that have left us anxious, befuddled and just plain weary.