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Over one million users have registered for MyDigital ID in less than a year since its implementation. MyDigital ID Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Mohd Mirza Mohamed Noor said this demonstrated Malaysia’s readiness to embrace digital transformation, ensuring an easier and more secure way to access government and private sector services online. ‘We are incredibly grateful to our users for their confidence in MyDigital ID and their proactiveness in protecting themselves in an ever-challenging digital future. ‘Their participation plays a vital role in realising Malaysia’s MyDigital ID’s aspirations, and it is clear that Malaysians are ready to make the shift

Bacolod: The City of Victorias in Negros Occidental is targeting to plant 30,000 trees in the coming months. The tree planting initiative, dubbed #JLB30to30k, was launched Oct. 8 during the 30th birthday of Mayor Javier Miguel Lopez Benitez (JLB). ‘I’m committing 30,000 trees that we will fund and will grow until they mature. For anyone who wants to help out, please let us know. We’re using the hashtag so we can capture these moments, and we can keep track of our progress,’ Benitez said in a video interview released Friday. Benitez kicked off the initiative during the ceremonial planting of

Cotabato: Anti-narcotics agents intercepted a village councilor in Jolo, Sulu during a drug bust on Thursday, seizing PHP20 million worth of shabu. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director Gil Cesario Castro of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said 46-year-old ‘Yusop’ of Barangay Lakit, Panamao, Sulu was caught in Barangay Tulay after selling drugs to a poseur buyer. An accomplice fled after realizing they were dealing with undercover agents. Authorities recovered three vacuum-sealed packages of shabu weighing around three kilograms, along with the buy-bust money, mobile phones and a motorcycle. Yusop, a high-value target, remained in custody awaiting charges

The number of dengue fever cases has dropped to 1,639 during the 40th Epidemiological Week (EW40) covering the period from Sept 29 to Oct 5, compared to 1,760 cases reported in the previous week. In a statement regarding the dengue fever situation in Malaysia today, Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said that three deaths due to dengue fever complications were reported in EW40. He said that the cumulative number of dengue fever cases reported up to EW40 stood at 105,149, compared to 91,910 cases for the same period in 2023. “Additionally, there have been 95 deaths due

Youth leader Lim San Shien, who is also the Johor Unity Ambassador, was appointed to be Johor Bahru Prosperity Ambassador to act as the front-line man of the Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB) to fuel volunteering activities among Johor citizens. Through a statement issued by MBJB today, Lim who is also a law graduate of Universiti Malaya (UM), was appointed by MBJB Mayor Datuk Mohd Noorazam Datuk Osman after the city council’s plenary meeting number 9 of 2024. According to the statement, the Johor Bahru Prosperity Ambassador will also play a role in leading social and community activities as well