Activists launch new effort to combat online sales of turtle eggs

By Kamaliza Kamaruddin THE rising trend of selling turtle eggs online since May 2020 has prompted a group of activists to form a surveillance team on social media known as Turtle Watch Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Oceanography and Environment Institute Research Laboratory head Dr Mohd Uzair Rusli who is one of the activists said […]

Depletion of geragau shrimp forcing a halt in Melaka belacan production

MELAKA: Belacan or prawn paste is an important ingredient in asam pedas dishes or to make kangkong goreng belacan, that without it, the taste will not be the same. The fear now is that production of prawn paste, especially the ones from Melaka, which is well-known, including in Singapore and Brunei, will come to a […]