Category: General

PUTRAJAYA, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said that the government, through the National Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), has been actively conducting research on the impact of new pollutants on water quality in several river basins in Malaysia under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP). According to Fadillah, who is also the Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation, the contaminants include endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and microplastics. ‘One of the new pollutants gaining international attention is microplastic pollution in Malaysia’s water sources. ‘Microplastics, defined by the WHO (World Health Organisation) as plastic fragments less than

MANILA: Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Erwin Garcia said Monday the documents handed over to him by former Caloocan representative Edgar Erice which supposedly contain a list of foreign bank accounts linked to a poll body official are dubious. In an interview, Garcia said the documents from Erice which purportedly came from the Bahamas have “similar fonts” and appeared to be from a single person. ‘Binago lang mga account numbers umano ng mga bangko. Kung talagang galing sa iba’t ibang bangko dapat magkakaiba, dapat may logo pa nga (The account numbers were just changed. If it really came from

KUALA LUMPUR, The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives traded mostly higher this morning. At 9.36 am, spot month for July 2024 rose by 2.0 points to 1,627.5, August 2024 climbed by 1.5 points to 1,630.0, and September 2024 added 0.5 of-a-point to 1,612.5 but December 2024 was flat at 1,618.5. Turnover amounted to 919 lots, with open interest reaching 47,051 contracts. Meanwhile, the FBM KLCI appreciated by 3.43 points to 1,622.49 after 36 minutes of trading. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

TACLOBAN CITY: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has deployed at least 3,668 personnel to conduct the 2024 Census of Population (PopCen) and Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) in 4,390 villages in Eastern Visayas. PSA Eastern Visayas Regional Director Wilma Perante said enumerators will interview each family for 45 minutes to one hour to gather vital information and update the inventory of the country’s population, as well as the list of beneficiaries of social protection initiatives. Of the 3,668 field personnel tasked with carrying out two major surveys, 2,961 are enumerators, 537 are team supervisors, and 170 are area supervisors. ‘To optimize

LAHAD DATU, An elderly man driving a four-wheel drive vehicle died early this morning after he collided with a road divider and crashed into a parked lorry on the shoulder of Jalan Tengah Nipah. Lahad Datu District police chief ACP Dzulbaharin Ismail said in the accident which occurred about 5 am, the 67-year-old foreign national driving from Tungku was overtaking a multipurpose vehicle when he collided with the divider. “The driver lost control of the vehicle, crashed into the rear of the parked lorry on the road shoulder, and veered into the ditch. He died at the scene,” he said