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SEPANG, The Customs Department (JKDM)) is hopeful that there will be funds under Budget 2025 for essential assets like scanners, marine vessels and body-worn cameras to strengthen its operational capacity and authority, its director-general Datuk Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin said. Speaking to the media today, she also expressed the department’s need for funding towards digital assets, particularly those incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), as a large number of customs officers will soon be reassigned to the Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Agency (MCBA). ‘With one-third of our workforce set to transfer to MCBA, we need more AI-driven assets to complement human resources.

KUALA BERANG, Six encroachment cases involving both foreigners and locals have been recorded at Taman Negara Terengganu since 2019. Taman Negara Terengganu Superintendent Sharena Sapri said these cases involved the arrest of 13 individuals, including Cambodian and Vietnamese nationals. She said the most recent case involved a 60-year-old Cambodian who was arrested earlier this year and sentenced to four years in prison under the Terengganu National Park Enactment 1939. “Eight of the arrests involved foreigners, while five were locals. The most recent case involved a Cambodian national who is believed to have been operating in the park for about a

TOKYO, Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, will be showcasing and demonstrating benefits of a KIOXIA XD Series SSD equipped with Flexible Data Placement (FDP) functionality running the RocksDB database at the 2024 OCP Global Summit, taking place from October 15th to October 17th in San Jose, USA. The RocksDB database excels in high-performance searches through vast amounts of data and managing history data, and is widely used in generative AI and cloud applications. FDP is a feature defined in the NVM Express S base specification (TP4161) that allows flexible control of data placement within an SSD. By

Manila: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said the Kadiwa ng Pangulo program will be expanded in Visayas and Mindanao within the month. In an interview, DA Assistant Secretary Genevieve Velicaria-Guevarra said more local government units (LGUs) are coordinating with the DA to make the Rice for All and P29 programs accessible to more Filipinos. Rice for all refers to the sale of local and imported well-milled rice at PHP43 per kilogram, while P29 is the sale of aging but good quality stocks of National Food Authority (NFA) rice at PHP29/kg, ‘I think, next week ba iyon sa Cagayan

Manila: As the Philippine Senate marked its 108th anniversary, Senate President Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero reminded his colleagues that the Senate’s role in nation-building is not static and continues to evolve, just as the challenges facing the country. In his message on Wednesday, Escudero called on his fellow legislators and the people to hold faith, patriotism, and humanity at the center of their work, ensuring that the Senate remains a pillar of democracy and always striving to protect and uplift the Filipino people. “Let this anniversary serve as a reminder of the Senate’s vital role in nation-building and as an inspiration