LAOAG CITY: Ilocos Region authorities have intensified monitoring and surveillance efforts along the region’s coastlines after local fishermen found for the third time this week a black sack floating in the sea that contains millions of pesos worth of…

KUALA LUMPUR, Several Members of Parliament today urged that the new Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairman be appointed immediately to ensure it can properly carry out its functions and role on human rights.

During the debate on the

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday confirmed that the Court of Appeals of Timor-Leste granted the Philippines’ extradition request against former congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr.

‘The Department of Justice confirms the grant of the extr…

LABUAN, The Zakat Collection Centre of the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (PPZ-MAIWP) in collaboration with Bank Rakyat and Universiti Malaysia Sabah Labuan International Campus (UMSKAL) today launched the Asnafpreneur Bank Rakyat 2.0 P…

MANILA: The national government’s budget deficit widened to PHP174.9 billion in May this year from PHP122.2 billion in the same month last year, reflecting a 43.10-percent increase as government expenditure outpaced revenue collections.

In a news rel…

KUALA LUMPUR, Former Malaysian Ambassador to The Netherlands Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin, who died earlier today, was laid to rest at the Jalan Ampang Muslim cemetery this afternoon.

Her brother Zainil Anuar Ariffin, 72, said Noor Farida breathed her l…