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On May 1, 2014, the government declared May Day, or International Workers' Day, as a national holiday. Workers get a day off to march on the streets and fight for their rights.

The prime minister’s special envoy to China, Daim Zainuddin, has denied that the revised East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) contract with China had come with strings attached as part of any quid pro quo arrangement

Do you really know what’s in the food items you buy? While palm oil is heavily relied on today, there is an entire public that is unaware about whether or not their food items actually contain palm oil. The industry has drastic impacts and is unsustainable. There needs to be a call for transparency through clear labeling for food items containing palm oil… and you can help!

Palm oil may gain more to RM2,091 per tonne, as it has cleared a resistance at RM2,034.

The Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Goods Business, Tolaram West Africa, the parent company of De United Food Industries Limited, Pawan Sharma, speaks on government support for the manufacturing sector and the group’s continuous effort to boost backward integration. Raheem Akingbolu brings the excerpts

Malaysian palm oil futures jumped by nearly 3 percent on Tuesday, recovering from a more than five-month low in the previous trading session, tracking gains in related edible oils.

Malaysia’s palm oil stocks likely fell to a six-month low by end-April, according to a Reuters survey, recording a second straight month of declines as a slight gain in exports outpaced a dip in production.

The recent revelation that Malaysia is hoping to use palm oil as part payment for its future arms acquisitions is not surprising, although it is unlikely that Western manufacturers will be amenable to such an arrangement.

The Energy Ministry is speeding up a plan to purchase a new block of 200,000 tonnes of crude palm oil after the cabinet acknowledged the measure on Tuesday. Energy Minister Siri Jirapongphan said the first batch, totalling 100,000 tonnes, should be purchased within 15 days. The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has been ordered to buy 200,000 tonnes of crude palm oil. It will pay for the first volume to extract oil within seven days.

Malaysia has accused the European Union of launching a "trade war" over its plan to curb the use of palm oil in biofuels, and threatened retaliatory action at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Palm oil companies dangle the promise of a better quality of life for people in rural villages where they develop plantations, but is this really happening?

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanteng, has urged Ghana to diversify its cash crops such as cocoa and palm nuts.