Day: October 14, 2024

KUALA TERENGGANU, A construction site supervisor has fallen victim to an investment scam, losing RM118,800 after being lured into a non-existent scheme through the ATS Pro application. Kuala Terengganu district police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said that the 39-year-old victim discovered the application when an unknown individual added it to a WhatsApp group on April 21. Intrigued by the discussions and profits shared by other group members, the victim was subsequently contacted by an individual named ‘Vincent’, who encouraged him to invest based on recommendations from a mentor named ‘Joel Kim’. ‘The investment agreement was executed online with Dimensional

SUNGAI SIPUT, A resident braved rising floodwaters in trying to save important documents during a flood that hit Kampung Lintang here yesterday. However, Zarul Nizam Zakaria, 31, a factory worker who had left home to visit his brother in Batu Gajah on Saturday, was unable to save anything as his house was completely submerged. ‘I was informed by the villagers that the water had risen, so my children, wife, and I rushed back. When we arrived at the town road in Lintang, the water had already risen. I left my wife and children at the Temporary Evacuation Centre (PPS) for

KUALA LUMPUR, The number of flood victims in Perak and Pahang increased this morning, while in Johor, it remained the same as yesterday, and in Kedah, it decreased. In PERAK, the flood situation worsened as more people were evacuated with the number of evacuees increased to 625 people from 188 families at 11 relief centres (PPS), compared to 268 people from 85 families last night in the three flood-affected districts, namely Kerian, Kuala Kangsar, and Hulu Perak. According to the Secretariat of the State Disaster Management Committee, five new PPS were opened in Hulu Perak last night, bringing to six

The issue of public servants falling into bankruptcy is not a recent phenomenon. The growing number of bankruptcies among civil servants is a matter of increasing concern, with the Insolvency Department recently reporting that public servants accounted for 10 to 13 per cent of new bankruptcy cases registered nationwide over the past four years. Director-General of the Insolvency Department, Datuk M Bakri Abd Majid has said, such cases should not occur, as excessive indebtedness is a clear violation under the Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1993. He added that in some cases, public servants have voluntarily filed for bankruptcy

SYDNEY, Enterprises in Asia Pacific are quickly adopting new application development and maintenance (ADM) technologies as they carry out digital transformations, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm. The 2024 ISG Provider Lens S Next-gen ADM Services report for Asia Pacific finds that the region’s ADM market is expanding rapidly, mostly driven by organizations upgrading legacy systems, migrating to the cloud and integrating advanced technologies such as AI and ML. The global market for ADM and infrastructure services grew 57 percent in Q2, thanks