Category: General

MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) have signed an agreement for the security of international ships and ports and joint training initiatives. In a statement Wednesday, the PCG said the memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed by PCG Commandant, Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, and OTS Administrator, Undersecretary Crisaldo Nieves, at the PCG headquarters in Port Area, Manila on Oct. 15. During the meeting, Gavan said the MOA represented more than a formal arrangement ‘but a symbol of a shared vision for growth, innovation, and an integrated approach to maritime security.’ On the other

KUALA LUMPUR, The government is taking steps to diversify the domestic economic portfolio to reduce the deficit in the workers’ compensation account, said the Ministry of Finance (MoF). This effort is believed to contribute to the attraction of investment towards creating industries and activities with high added value and quality across all domestic sectors which in turn provide more opportunities for expertise and increase local employment. The government is also confident that through efforts to increase worker productivity through capacity building, it can meet the needs of industry while encouraging the adoption of digitisation and automation, according to the ministry

KUALA LUMPUR, The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of thunderstorms and heavy rain in a number of states until 3am (Oct 17). MetMalaysia in a statement issued at 10pm informed that thunderstorms are forecast in Sarawak, affecting Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu (Sibu and Kanowit), Kapit (Song), Miri (Marudi) and Limbang. Similar conditions are forecast in Labuan and Sabah and the affected areas include the interior areas (Sipitang, Tenom, Nabawan, Keningau and Tambunan) as well as Sandakan (Tongod and Sandakan). Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, The number of online crime cases reported to the police last year rose by 35.5 per cent to 34,532 compared with 25,479 the previous year. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said there was an increase in all six online crime categories, namely telecommunications crime, e-finance, love scam, e-commerce, non-existent loan and non-existent investment, with e-commerce crimes recording the highest increase at 33.2 per cent. “This is followed by telecommunications crimes (30 per cent), non-existent investments (15.6 per cent), non-existent loans (12.3 per cent), e-finance (6.1 per cent) and love scams (2.7 per cent),’ it said in a

PUTRAJAYA, The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has never issued any statement or text message using the name of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as circulated through the WhatsApp application. It said that it takes a serious view of the misuse of the IRB CEO’s name on any platform or any use that may mislead the public. “Thus, I would like to emphasise that IRB has never issued any statement on this matter and the public is advised not to disseminate false news or information,” it said in a statement today. The IRB said in general, any dissemination of fake news