In a historic first, the Islamic call to prayer, known as the adhan, resonated through the loudspeaker of one of New York’s largest mosques on Friday. Many Muslims attending Friday prayers at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (ICCNY) in Manhatta…
Continue ReadingPalawan – Some 495 inmates at the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) here are taking part in a farming initiative to ensure the availability of healthy food in the Bureau of Corrections- (BuCor) managed facility. Superintendent Gary Garcia on Saturda…
Continue ReadingThe family house of the late Jaime Cardinal Sin in New Washington, Aklan, will be transformed soon into a museum. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website reported that the project will be implemented following the signi…
Continue ReadingNine suspected drug peddlers were arrested and more than 1.15 kg. of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP7.84 million were seized during separate anti-drug operations here in the past two days, a government inter-agency task force her…
Continue ReadingA total of 170 participants including from Singapore and Indonesia are taking part in the three-day Festival Jong Antarabangsa Pontian (FJAP) 2023, which began here yesterday.Pontian Jong Club chairman Mohd Tahir Abdul Hamid said 100 of the participan…
Continue ReadingThe remains of six family members who were killed in an accident on Jalan Segamat-Kuantan near Taman Yayasan, Segamat yesterday afternoon, were laid to rest at the Ubudiah Islamic Cemetery, Parit Jawa here.Amir Ruddin Ismail, 46, his wife Norahimah No…
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