EDUCATION SYSTEM MUST BE SYNONYMOUS WITH COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT — ZAMBRY

PUTRAJAYA, The country’s education system must be synonymous with the development of the country, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir.

He said this was in line with the changes happening with new technology such as Artificial …

House to probe widening gap in farm gate, retail prices of basic goods

MANILA: Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday said he would spearhead an investigation in aid of legislation into the widening gap between farmgate and retail prices of rice and other basic goods as soon as the House of Representatives re…

MOE TO CONDUCT FULL PROBE INTO FOOD POISONING INCIDENT AT KOTA BHARU SCHOOL

GUA MUSANG, The Ministry of Education (MOE) will conduct a full, detailed, and thorough investigation into the incident of students of a secondary school in Kota Bharu suffering from food poisoning.

Its minister, Fadhlina Sidek said her ministry too…

Hontiveros wants ban on POGOs, says ‘hotspot of fugitives’

MANILA: Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros is calling for an immediate ban on the operation of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) in the country, saying human trafficking is part of its business model.

Hontiveros made the statemen…

MYBAS JOHOR BAHRU OPERATORS URGED TO EXPAND ‘PARK and RIDE’ SERVICES

JOHOR BAHRU, Operators of MyBas Johor Bahru buses have been urged to increase their ‘Park and Ride’ services to reduce traffic congestion in the city centre.

State Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communications Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli …

Coping with heat and preventing heat-related illnesses

MANILA: Jon Garry Venancio quickly piles up bamboo poles beside a small nipa hut he is building for a customer.

It is 5 p.m. and his work for the day is already done.

Venancio is a mountain farmer who moonlights as a carpenter, especially in the pas…

DMW bars Filipino seafarers from ships passing Red Sea, Gulf of Aden

MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Wednesday issued an order that prohibits the deployment of Filipino seafarers on cruise and passenger ships that sail through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Department Order 2, signed by DMW offic…