BANGKOK: The Meteorological Department confirms no storm is heading towards Thailand and that the weather will be mostly fine and cool with occasional storms in the South Warnings on social media that tropical storm “Pabuk” would hit Thailand on Friday (Dec 20) are not true, the Digital Economy and Society Ministry’s Anti-Fake News Centre said on...
BEIJING: Visitors to a new aquarium in China were left furious this week after discovering one of its top aquatic stars was a robot, despite it being marketed as such. Xiaomeisha Ocean World in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, opened on October 1 but was quickly slammed for its high prices, long queues, and poor conditions for its...
WHENEVER seafood is exported, any certificates attesting to its safety and legitimacy tend to be a boost to its perceived quality. This is especially so if the certificates appear to come from a government authority from the country the seafood is being exported from. Recently, it was claimed that Department of Veterinary Services certificates accompanying seafood being...
Spotting fake banknotes is not the easiest thing in the world. But it seems a Malaysian woman has spotted a rather peculiar difference in one of them. The netizen took to Facebook recently with a picture of two 50-ringgit notes side-by-side, except in one of them, Tuanku Abdul Rahman is showing off a grin. Tuanku Abdul...
Child rearing requires a lot of money. So, it is no surprise that the Social Welfare Department, with its goal of protecting the welfare of those in need, would offer help. However, is it true that the department is offering up to RM1,000 in children’s aid? Verdict: FALSE In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the department...
RECENTLY, a notice circulated on WhatsApp claimed that if one of your beneficiaries in the EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) Nominees List dies, it would automatically void the whole arrangement of the list. The message implied that if you only list one nominee, and should he or she die before you, your EPF savings will be surrendered...
KOTA KINABALU: A gold jewellery shop manager’s quick thinking and brave actions have managed to stop a robbery attempt at the premise in Lahad Datu on Monday (Jan 8) morning. A suspect, believed to be carrying out the deed with a fake pistol, made the attempt at 8.39am at the shop located at Dataran Palma there,...
These people have been earning lots of money behind the 62-year-old Heavenly King’s back. Is Andy Lau promoting packets of fermented cabbage? Or sea cucumbers? Apparently, many of these products with the 62-year-old Hong Kong singer’s mug have never been approved by Andy or his team. Netizens have been posting about Andy’s face and name splashed on dubious items such as...
KUALA TERENGGANU: Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar has denied that the Terengganu state government announced that it will be a public holiday on Sunday (Dec 10). He said the poster about the alleged holiday that went viral was fake and it was an old poster that had been edited. "Old posters are floating around...
JOHOR BARU: The Johor Immigration Department has smashed a syndicate issuing fake temporary employment visit pass (PLKS) and Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0 to immigrants with the arrest of six male foreigners. State director Baharuddin Tahir said based on information and intelligence, the department raided a premises in Iskandar Puteri at around 4.50pm on Thursday (Oct 5). "The...
