Category: Environment EN

Weather forecasts predict that parts of Malaysia will experience four to six heavy rain episodes between November 2024 and March 2025. Tropical storms, flooding, and droughts are becoming more frequent and less predictable, deviating from the usual seasonal norms. In light of this, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to adopt proactive, preventive measures –...

In 2020, it was reported that a pine tree planted by Epimaco Amancio 35 years earlier in Brgy Obo, Dalaguete, Cebu, Philippines, played a crucial role in preventing a bus from falling off a cliff. The bus was negotiating a downward curve when its brakes failed and it headed toward the 30-metre cliff. The tree's presence helped stop the bus, saving 37 people, mostly students, from potential harm....

With the approaching Deepavali festival, shops and stalls are already flooded with a wide range of decorations. Traditional decorations are apparently being overtaken by decorative lights, most of which are flimsy in construction and may cause electric shock and are fire hazards. They are sold in violation of our existing regulations. Therefore, Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls the...