Police Investigate Water Bottle Incident At SUKMA 2024 Silat Competition

MIRI, The police have launched an investigation into an incident where an object, believed to be a water bottle, was thrown into the arena during the silat competition at the 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) at the Miri City Stadium yesterday.

Miri polic…

1st tranche of new P38 daily wage hike for R11 set on March 6

DAVAO CITY: The new PHP38 daily wage hike for minimum wage workers in Davao Region will start rolling out on March 6, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-11) said Tuesday.

In a statement, the RTWPB-11 said the first of the two…

Ombudsman orders reinstatement of 72 NFA warehouse supervisors

MANILA: The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the reinstatement of 72 warehouse supervisors of the National Food Authority (NFA) suspended last March.

The group was among the 139 respondent officials and employees placed on a six-month preventive s…

Violet queen’s crepe-myrtle flowers capture Hanoians’ hearts

In early summer, which usually falls on May each year, bang lang flowers, also known as queen’s crepe-myrtle flowers (Lagerstroemia speciosa), explode with violet and lavender petals throughout Vietnam, signalling the beginning of summer. This year, …

MAEPS PKRC 2.0 officially closes on Feb 8

SERDANG, Jan 31 — After 14 months of operations the COVID-19 Integrated Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) at Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (PKRC MAEPS 2.0) here will be officially closed on Feb 8.It is understood that the last group of CO…

PSA’s birth registration assistance project lists over 5K in CAR

LA TRINIDAD: The Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project registered 5,490 residents in the six provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and in Baguio City in 2023.

PSA-CAR registration offi…