Kampong Ayer - Despite efforts to fight against indiscriminate rubbish dumping, household wastes can still be seen floating along the Brunei River. Floating household wastes including plastic bags, empty plastic containers, bottles and planks are normally seen on the river surface during high tide, which could spoil the image of Kamp... detail... »
Solo, MelayuOnline.com- The existence of cultural heritage for a nation is totally important. This does not only show one society‘s personality, but also the creativity coming out of spiritual, social, and cultural legacies. Preserving intangible cultural heritage greatly deals with from intellectual property protection for knowl... detail... »
Solo, MelayuOnline.com- Not all local tradition are neglected, some of them remain exists in the heart common people. However, local tradition‘s continuation still takes a great dependence upon the condition of surrounding environment. For example, if forest and sea are well-preserved, local tradition that is available there will exi... detail... »
Solo, MelayuOnline.com- At 05.30 a.m., five crews of MelayuOnline.com consisting of Mahyudin Al Mudra, Naina Sinaro, Hadi Kurniawan, Ali Rido, and Ahmad Salehudin, departed from Yogyakarta to Solo to attend International Workshop “Safeguarding for Intangible Cultural Heritage.” Fresh atmosphere in the morning along Solo-Jogj... detail... »
Putrajaya - Citrawarna 2008, the gay and colourful event that spearheaded Malaysias annual tourism calendar, was launched on May 24 recently. The theme for this years performances was ‘Flora and Fauna Kingdom‘. Dancing has a long history in the Malay culture. The multitude of traditional dances performed at the official la... detail... »
Putrajaya – I awoke to a city that could only be described as "vibrant". Looking out of the van‘s window, I saw architecture that was predominantly modern Arabic in style, spread out over a vast area intended to be new federal administrative centre of Malaysia. It was five in the afternoon when we arrived in Putrajaya ahead of the ... detail... »
Manila - Libya and Brunei are considering sending more peacekeepers to the southern Philippines to safeguard a fragile 2003 cease-fire between government troops and the country‘s largest Muslim rebel group, a Philippine official said Tuesday. Malaysia has been brokering peace talks between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation F... detail... »
Jakarta - Forestry activists have warned of a sharp increase in the national deforestation rate if the government fails to deal with overlapping permits issued for forest concessions and industrial timber forests. Greenomics Indonesia‘s latest study found about 18.4 million hectares of forest concession areas and production fore... detail... »
Pekanbaru - The river‘s water is black, still and lifeless. On its bank is a plant that is processing globs of gray-white crude rubber into black rubber blocks, weighing 1.2 tons, for export. "Product of Indonesia" is marked on each block‘s plastic wrapping. The plant‘s machinery is noisy and emits a foul odor. It also pipes out ... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Primary School of Tungku Brunei III yesterday launched its Asean Gallery Corner at its auditorium. Present at the event were Senior Supervisor Officer for the Brunei I and III District, Cikgu Hj Salim Hj Muntol; Supervisor of Brunei Muara III District, Cikgu Hj Jaruddin Hj Yahya; Supervisor for Br... detail... »
Terengganu – The 12th edition of the Malaysia Games (Sukma) was declared open by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin in a colourful and glittering ceremony at the Gong Badak Sports Complex last night. The ceremony highlighted Terengganu`s friendly and gentle way of life. The performances brought to the fore the c... detail... »
Tutong - The Mukim-level Gawai celebration was held yesterday at the open space of the Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park in the Tutong District. Present as the guest of honour was Awg Jamain bin Hj Momin, the Tutong District Officer and spouse. Also present at the event were Selanjat Anak Jugi, the president of the Brunei-Iban Association,... detail... »