ACHIEVING food security is multi-faceted, involving factors such as food availability (supply), economic access (affordability) and use (food safety and nutritional meals).

THE current policy of the Health Ministry is to only run tests on the persons under investigation (PUI). Even the persons under surveillance (PUS) were not tested but were instead counselled, given a Health Assessment Tool (HAT) brochure and told to self-isolate for the next 14 days.

MORE than 90pc of the three-ply face masks used by Malaysia’s hospitals and clinics are imported mainly from China due to the cheaper price.

ON March 23, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced plans by the Economic Action Council (EAC) to allow members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to withdraw up to RM500 per month for 12 months from their savings under Account 2 as a source of emergency funding during the Covid-19 crisis.

THERE is a temple located in Lot 10, Taman Landmark, Jalan Penampang Lama, 88300 Kota Kinabalu.

While there has been steady progress to improve women’s rights, we are disappointed that women continue to be under-represented — only 15.6 per cent of ministers are women — in the new cabinet.

WITH the recent political upheaval and manoeuvring for position among Members of Parliament (MPs), it is high time Malaysians set up a means to monitor how they carry out their duties as representatives of the rakyat. We do not want to vote the wrong person into the job and be stuck with him or her for the next five years.

Not too long ago a Magistrate’s Court ordered the release of Sam Ke Ting, 24, the sales promoter who hit a group of teenage cyclists, killing eight of them on Feb 18,2017, after finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against her.

Congratulation to Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili upon being appointed again as Federal Minister – this time in charge of Sabah and Sarawak affairs.  Thank you also for pledging to solve the status of Sabah and Sarawak in the Federation of Malaysia, the Issue of Illegals and the 40 per cent share of Federal revenue collected from Sabah.

THE longest week in Malaysia’s political history remained surrealistically under suspended animation until the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, using his judgment and discretionary powers provided under the Constitution, appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the eighth prime minister on Feb 29 .