Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, Students have been encouraged not to view family struggles as obstacles to their dreams but to use them as motivation for achieving success and building a better future. Prime Minister’s wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, said that in today’s challenging environment, especially with the rising cost of living, education plays a crucial role in changing one’s fate and helping families climb out of poverty. ‘Without proper education, it can be challenging for these children to build a brighter future or secure better jobs to support their families, many of whom are from low-income or urban

KAWASAKI, Japan, Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has added the ‘TRSxxx120Hx Series’ of 1200V products to its lineup of third-generation silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) for industrial equipment, such as photovoltaic inverters, EV charging stations and switching power supplies. Toshiba today started shipments of the ten new products in the series, five in a TO-247-2L package and five in a TO-247 package. The new TRSxxx120Hx Series are 1200V products that use the improved junction-barrier Schottky (JBS) structure[1] of Toshiba’s third-generation 650V SiC SBD. Use of a new metal in the junction barrier allows the new products

BANGI, The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is focusing on combating issues of corruption, weaknesses in governance and power abuse in the country’s construction sector. MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the construction sector is highly vulnerable to corruption, including road construction and building projects, as well as an increase in the cost of government contracts. He said the MACC’s focus now was on government contracts with construction companies at the state and federal levels. “There are many leakages in the construction sector,” he told reporters at the 3rd National Level Governance, Integrity And Anti-Corruption Research Conference 2024 here

SHAH ALAM, The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) has received full cooperation from the police (PDRM) to investigate 612 individuals linked to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH). State Islamic Affairs and Cultural Innovation Committee chairman Dr. Mohammad Fahmi Ngah, said the investigations are conducted under the Selangor Syariah Criminal Enactment 1995. He said this update was provided by JAIS director Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad during a briefing regarding actions taken against GISBH, as directed by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah. Following the launch of Ops Global by PDRM on Sept 11, JAIS formed a special committee led

Manila: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started an online application and issuance of excavation permits in three regions, as part of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s push to digitize government services. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the three-month pilot test of the Permit Issuance Application (PIA) system is currently being implemented in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Visayas (Region 7), and Davao Region (Region 11). The system covers excavation permits for national roads and utilities along those roads. ‘With the application, we can accelerate the permit issuance process as our clients can do everything online,