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PETALING JAYA, The tax exemption granted to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) which was reported to be owing RM83 million to the Internal Revenue Board (IRB) is because the government does not tax non-profit education based entities. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the late approval for exemption to UTAR was because the university is still under Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) whose structure has not yet been separated between the matters of commercial business companies and education. “The issue of tax exemption for UTAR, which is a Chinese university. What is our policy? We exclude all efforts for

Manila: Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager and police colonel Royina Garma said a task force under the leadership of retired Col. Edilberto Leonardo at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Davao City (CIDG-11) played a pivotal role in the reward-based drug war of the Duterte administration. According to a news release on Monday, Garma revealed in her sworn affidavit submitted to the House quad committee that financial incentives between PHP20,000 and PHP 1 million motivated extrajudicial killings (EJKs) over arrests. Garma testified that the anti-drug campaign of the previous administration followed direct orders from then-president Rodrigo

ILOILO CITY – Ilonggos are mourning the death of violin virtuoso and musical crusader Gilopez Kabayao, who passed on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 94. ‘After more than seven decades of sharing his music propelled by the generosity of spirit that he so selflessly gave to his audience from all walks of life, the curtain now closes on this artist with a mission,’ his wife, Corazon, said in a social media post on Sunday. Kabayao was born in 1929 in Negros Occidental, with roots are from Iloilo. He was the first Filipino to play at the prestigious Carnegie

MANILA: The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to strengthen the capacity of communities and local government units (LGUs) through community-based disaster risk reduction and management (CBDRRM) training. PRC chairperson and chief executive officer Richard Gordon, PRC secretary general Dr. Gwen Pang, OCD Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno, and Civil Defense Training Institute (CDTI) director Eugenio Gepte Jr. signed the MOU during the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) 2024 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on Monday. The CBDRRM training will use the

JASIN, Residents in this district have described the ongoing flood disaster as one of the worst they have ever experienced, with water levels rising rapidly. A resident of Kampung Kilang Berapi, Siti Rasyidah Ibrahim, 26, said that heavy downpours for over an hour in the early morning caused the river to overflow, resulting in her home submerged in waist-deep water. ‘I was still awake at 2 am because the roof in my room was leaking, and I was also on alert (for possible flooding). ‘Although flood is common in this village, this was the first time the water rose this