Fisheries Department director-general Datuk Munir Mohd Nawi claimed that Malaysia has been over-fished, therefore requiring preventive measures or rehabilitating programs for fish to repopulate. He cites global warming, climate change and pollution as the contributing factors. According to the annual reports from Department of Statistics Malaysia, the amount of salt water and fresh water fish…
The fight for palm oil continues as Denis Murphy, who chairs the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) biology advisory committee, made a statement that Malaysia cannot win the palm oil war. “You are not big enough to win. Focus on being smart,” said Murphy as quoted from Free Malaysia Today. The palm oil war was…
Last year, a voice recording of Nik Abduh Nik Aziz admitting that PAS received money from UMNO went viral. However, the Bachok MP denied his involvement in the audio recording. In February 2019, the PAS leader changed his mind and confirmed that the voice was indeed his and he had to lie to protect himself…
Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan retained his position as Rantau MP when he emerged victorious at the Rantau by-election last Saturday. Hasan had the majority over other candidates with a total of 10,397 votes. Hasan’s main rival Dr S Streram from PH only garnered 5,887 votes, while independent candidates R. Malarvizhi and Mohd Nor Yassin polled…
Previously, Malaysia had to suspend Johor Bahru’s port limits off Tanjung Piai and Singapore’s port limits off Tuas due to Singapore’s implementation of ILS (Instrument Landing System), a GPS-based instrument to assist pilots during landing even with poor weather conditions. The Selatar Airport, located in Singapore and the South of Johor’s Pasir Gudang attracted high…
Media exposure of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor went high on April 10 with two highlights: the third charge of graft (the 20th charge) and the pink diamond scandal. The third graft charge is on the alleged RM5 million bribe received by Rosmah from Jepak Holdings managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin through her aide, Datuk Rizal…
On average, 86.1% of Malaysian households need to travel less than 5km to reach the nearest health centre. However, the number of households in East Malaysia that have to travel for more than 5km to reach a health centre is far greater than those in Peninsular. 30.3% households in Sarawak need to travel more than…
National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) director-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Abdullah reported that Sarawak has the highest number of secondary students who abuse drugs as of October 2018. He added that the type of drug these students are addicted to is usually methamphetamine also known as crystal meth. There could be many factors affecting their substance…
Since the past month, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the former Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Abdul Razak, has been very quiet in the media. She only gave out 22 statements for the past month. The most recent news about Rosmah Mansor is regarding her no-show at the Hight Court for her case mention…
The by-election in Rantau is set to be held on April 13. As it is now approaching fast, the four candidates contesting in the election are campaigning to win the votes from the people. The media exposure has boosted since March 30, when the election campaign first started and it is due to end on…