Did you know that about 50% of cancer patients suffer from malnutrition during treatment? Many cancer patients experience a loss of appetite and have difficulty swallowing and digesting hard food, leaving them vulnerable to malnutrition. This month, our friends at...

This month’s Global Sadaqah campaign is another two-fold, helping upskill poor single mother entrepreneurs with their food businesses and also prevent food wastage. These women who usually sell their delicacies (kerepek, karipap, apam balik) at roadside stalls or for...

Well... The US Fed has taken the plunge and has decided to take the fight against inflation with its recent 0.75% hike in interest rates. In case you missed it, inflation is above 8% in the US. Wow! How things can change so quickly. But I fear that, as always,...

Ever feel down and not yourself? We’ve all been there at one point in our lives. Real talk - 29% of Malaysians are living with mental illness and 40% will suffer from some sort of mental health illness in their lifetime. At the beginning of 2019, nearly 500 million...

Someone asked me over Raya if I was surprised that gold hasn’t performed as well as it should have done this year given all that is happening around the world – the tragic war in Ukraine; inflation in most markets; logjam in commodities. I wondered whether it was more...

According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Sarawak is one of the poorest states, which has worsened due to the pandemic. Women in Sarawak living in poverty often lack the resources needed to live empowered lives. This month’s Global Sadaqah campaign is...

Having missed out on a full Raya experience for two years, it can be tempting to go all out with your Raya celebrations this year. With open houses to plan for and festive sales everywhere, you can easily get carried away with overspending. Before you go full speed...

I am bullish about gold – primarily because I believe in the three following factors: the continued growing prosperity of the people in large emerging nations like Indonesia, India and China – especially as those who emerge from below the poverty line will inevitably...