Bernama

Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (BERNAMA)
Country  Malaysia
Key people

Datuk Zulkefli bin Salleh (General Manager)
Datuk Zakaria Abdul Wahab (Editor-in-Chief)
Mr Mokhtar bin Hussein (Deputy Editor-in-Chief Domestic News Service)
Mr Mikhail Raj Abdullah (Deputy Editor-in-Chief Economic News Service)

Mr Ahmad Zukiman Zain (Deputy Editor-in-Chief International News Service)
Launch date
20 May 1968
Official website
www.bernama.com

BERNAMA (Malay: Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia; English: Malaysian National News Agency) is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body placed under the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia. Bernama is an abbreviation of Berita Nasional Malaysia. Bernama also means named or titled in the Malay language. It was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started work on 20 May 1968. Being the Malaysian government's official news agency, Bernama's content and views are decidedly right-leaning and pro-government of the day.

Overview

BERNAMA operates from its headquarters at Wisma Bernama, off Jalan Tun Razak near National Library, Kuala Lumpur. It has its branches in every state in Malaysia. It also has correspondents in Jakarta, Singapore, New Delhi, Bangkok and Beijing and also its stringers in Washington D.C., New York, Australia and London. Most of the news media in Malaysia and Singapore and international news agencies subscribe to BERNAMA.

Bernama began reporting using the audio-visual medium with the opening of its audio-visual division in September 1998. It also has its own radio and television channel, Radio24, which is a 24-hours news and talk radio station broadcasting in the areas of Kuala Lumpur or Klang Valley on 93.9 FM and Johor Bahru on 107.5 FM, and Bernama TV a news channel which offers news in Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil on Channel 502 and Channel 410 of Astro and UniFi, respectively.

Bureaus

 Singapore

Number. 6, Eu Tong Sen Street
The Central #10-04
Chinatown, Central Region, Singapore
Singapore 059817
Singapore
Telephone: (65) 6235 6521
Faximile: (65) 6235 6528
Website: http://www.bernama.com
Email: bernama_spore@singnet.com.sg
Bureau Chief: Miss Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah
Telephone: (65) 6235 6521
Mobile: (65) 9621 8788
Email: bernama_spore@singnet.com.sg

See also

External links

Official Website: www.bernama.com
Official News Website: newswire.bernama.com
Official Photo Website: images.bernama.com
Official Radio: www.radio24.com.my
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