The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday November 7th, 2022 – World Cotton Day
Cotton is a major source of livelihoods and incomes for many rural smallholders and laborers, including women, providing employment and income to some of the poorest rural areas in the world. On this second official UN World Cotton Day, the United Nations wants to raise visibility of the cotton sector and awareness of the critical role that it plays in economic development, international trade and poverty alleviation. The observance also aims to highlight the importance of sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Malaysia: The political persecution of Tommy Thomas by Murray Hunter
Caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, without any political issues to run on in the upcoming general election, has turned the former attorney general Tommy Thomas’s memoirs into a political bettering ram to garner support within the Malay community.
A special task force formed by the Prime Minister’s Department just prior to the dissolution of parliament, submitted a report on Thomas’s book “My Story: Justice in the wilderness” to the caretaker prime minister, who passed it onto the police to frame up charges.
The report marked ‘Rahsia’ or secret, was posted on the Prime Minister’s Department official website in an attempt to discredit Thomas publicly. Ismail Sabri said at a political rally in Bagan Datuk, UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s former seat, that he had declassified the report so it could be used as ‘political bullets’ during the coming election campaign.
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Write down #poem by Amir Khatib
“Yes, write down the legend whose author we do not know:
The gravedigger woke up at dawn, as usual.
And the stars are still winking in the sky,
He started digging and singing…”
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Fika bonding! #47 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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