Evening Edition

UITM is trending due to a perennial debate between the camp who are calling for it to remain exclusive to bumiputeras and the opposing group who think it should be open to all. We look to Twitter to review the viewpoints and arguments.

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Norway is the latest European country to announce that they’re scrapping their COVID-19 restrictions despite a surge in Omicron. We look into what this means, the rationale behind it, and whether we can expect Malaysia to eventually follow suit.

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#Evian is trending on Twitter after a video of the Prime Minister Ismail Sabri chairing a meeting of the National Action Council on Cost of Living goes viral. We get into the responses.

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A top police official has suggested that undocumented migrants who repeatedly enter the country illegally should be whipped. We discuss why this is not the way to treat undocumented migrants.

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Unhappy taxi drivers want the government to launch its own e-hailing service after asserting disharmony and double standards between private e-hailing and taxi drivers. We delve into whether this works from a business and consumer perspective.

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Today on Twitter, messages of gratitude and farewell for MAEPS and its frontliners, as the country's largest quarantine centre closes after two years of operation.

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Works Minister Dato Sri Fadillah Yusof recently announced that our highways are moving towards a multi-lane free flow system (MLFF) by 2025. Comparisons to Singapore immediately began - so we’re looking at what we can learn from our neighbours.

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Spotify has been under a lot of criticism lately for allowing Covid-19 disinformation, and big names including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have left the platform in protest. We look at what this means.

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Yesterday, the Sustainable Development Goals Trust Fund was launched by the government, with an aim to eradicate poverty and fight inequality. We get into it. Image source: Ismail Sabri Offcial Facebook Page

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Today on Twitter, we get into strategies to fend off all those uncomfortable questions that come up when families gather during Chinese New Year (or frankly anytime families get together).

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