MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has created the Presidential Office for Child Protection (POCP) to address rising threats to the welfare of Filipino children.

The POCP, which will be under the Office of the President (OP) and headed by a Pr…

A couple, both with previous drug-related offences with the woman released on police bail only two days ago, were arrested yesterday for motorcycle theft.

Kerian district police chief Supt Juna Yusoff said the couple, aged 28 and 24, were arrested a…

When my mother received a WhatsApp message about a genealogical researcher trying to track her and her siblings down in her old kampung in Tambun, Perak, she was suspicious but curious.

The researcher, Fazil Shuhaimi Talib, had the names of her sib…

An elderly couple and their granddaughter were killed in a house fire on Jalan Sekolah, Kampung Paya Redan, Pagoh here early this morning.

Muar district police chief ACP Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said Mohamed Nor Mohamed Yassin, 82, and his wife Ara A…

The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department (JIM) arrested 38 illegal immigrants, comprising 29 men and nine women, in raids on two condominium blocks in the city at about 12.15 am.

Its director, Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said in an operation, code…

The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department raided an entertainment centre in Jalan Sultan Ismail here today and detained 27 foreign nationals — nine women and 18 men, in a ‘super VIP’ karaoke room which charges a fee of RM200,000.

Its director, Wan Mo…

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) vice-president Datuk Yap Kim Heng pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to six counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM15,950 in stall rentals.

Yap, 62, also the state party leader a…

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir inaugurated Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Offshore Centre in Jakarta on Thursday, marking a significant step in enhancing the global recognition of Malaysian education.

He said that the…