Category: General

SINGAPORE, Entermind, a Singapore-based Gen AI start-up founded by Aarav Kumar, a 17-year-old student of United World College, along with three of his classmates – Andrej Radovanovic, Yash Julián Johri, and Ayudh Sen – has managed to secure $20,000 in seed funding commitment. Entermind was founded in July 2023 as an experimental outfit to explore products that can deploy generative AI to better solve real world problems of businesses. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

BANGI, The government has agreed to the establishment of a Special Task Force on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which will be chaired by the Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. Shamsul Azri said the team has, among other things, the role of analysing the findings of the CPI survey and proposing recommendations and strategies for institutional and legal reforms including the strengthening of check and balance mechanisms. “On the CPI, we are all aware that through the Mid-Term Review of the 12th Malaysia Plan (MTR 12MP), the government has set a target to reach

Manila: The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has acquitted the owner of two properties in Bacolod City which yielded unregistered cigarettes and cigarette manufacturing equipment during 2017 raid. The tax court decision dated Sept. 23 cleared Alman Gayatin, the registered owner of Alter Trade and Villa Socorro in Bacolod, which was leased by Chinese individuals led by a certain Jimmy Chua to put out cigarettes illegally. Among the items seized from the premises were a cigarette maker machine, 783 cases each containing 50 reams of 10 packs of cigarette, 26 cases of loose cigarette finished products, and 2.5 million pieces

Manila: Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla has recognized employees and retirees who have faithfully served the government under the Department of Justice (DOJ) during its 127th founding anniversary. A total of 63 employees and personnel have been given loyalty awards for rendering the DOJ a service length of 10 years and every five years thereafter. Ten of them served the DOJ for 40 years. Remulla also honored two employees who have reached compulsory retirement after serving the government for 40 and 42 years. ‘Your unwavering dedication and efforts serve as the cornerstone of the Department of Justice’s success which brought us

GEORGE TOWN, The majority of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) members in the Northern Region, covering the states of Perlis, Penang, Kedah and Perak, were found to not have sufficient basic savings of at least RM240,000 at the age of 55. EPF Northern Region director Jeffary Mohamed Isa said, for example, Penang has 746,000 members, aged 55 or below, but only 27 per cent or 199,000 members, have reached the basic savings balance while another 547,000 (73 per cent) have not yet reached the basic savings balance. “Financial sufficiency is important when they retire later. If they do not have enough