THE opening of the U-turn flyover at Jalan Lintas from Heritage Plaza to Lintas Plaza/Lintas Square on April 20 marks the beginning of “more traffic noise pollution and dust” for roadside houses of Taman Milek Phase 1 and on the opposite side of the road.

IT was a sad day for humanity — as Muslims were fasting during Ramadan and Christians praying on Good Friday — when both religions were insulted.

THE awareness on child abuse is still low in our society, thus it needs to be strongly inculcated at all levels to prevent it from happening.

Children have the right to dream and to achieve their fullest potential. However, child marriages rob them of this very basic right and go on to deprive them of their childhood, adolescence, mental and physical well-being.

AS the MySejahtera application controversy continues to unfold, the issue of data privacy has once again been thrust into the national limelight.

CONGRATULATIONS to Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Mohd. Noor for attracting nearly RM20 billion that was claimed will create tens and thousands of jobs in some of the mega deals signed.

REFERENCE is made to the recent announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri that he will push for Bahasa Malaysia to be the second language in Asean and for foreign students wanting to pursue their education in Malaysia to learn BM.

SINCE the early 1980’s, State leaders have had no response to their failures except to blame the Federal Government and the Malaysian Agreement (MA63). This is no different to the US blaming Russia for all its failures including in Iraq, Afghanistan along with its foreign policy and the domestic economic problems the US faces.

THE law has changed for soon-to-be mothers. Maternity leave has been increased to 98 days, up from 60 days previously.

A month ago the unfortunate crisis over Ukraine erupted. Regardless of where you stand, what resulted was a hysteria that swept across US and Europe.