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Authorities have arrested a construction worker, tagged as a high-value individual (HVI), and seized from him some PHP1.02 million worth of ‘shabu’ during an anti-drug operation in this city, the police said Tuesday. In a report, the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group-Zamboanga Peninsula (PNPDEG-9) identified the arrested suspect as Munjimar Amdad, 33, of Sitio Asinan, Barangay Kasanyangan, this city. The PNPDEG said the suspect was arrested in a buy-bust operation Monday evening at a local mall in Barangay Tetuan. Seized from the suspect were some 150 grams of suspected shabu placed in plastic packs, the boodle money, and a

KUALA LUMPUR, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Sdn Bhd (GSK) today announced that the Arexvy vaccine (MAL24086007ARZ) has been approved in Malaysia for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is a common respiratory virus that can lead to serious negative clinical outcomes, such as lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) and pneumonia in older adults. Professor Dr Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail, the deputy director, consultant and respiratory physician at Hospital Al Sultan Abdullah Universiti Teknologi MARA (HASA UiTM), said RSV could lead to moderate to severe outcomes, especially among seniors with underlying health conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic heart failure.

After a seven-year struggle to obtain an identity card for her adopted daughter, Lee Nguik Kiew, 55, from Kampung Koh, Sitiawan, finally breathed a sigh of relief today as her ordeal came to an end. Lee had made numerous trips to the National Registration Department to secure the crucial document, but her efforts had been fruitless. “I even tried going through an agent, but that too was unsuccessful. I was worried as my daughter grew up without an identity card. It would have been difficult for her to attend school without it,” she said. Lee explained that her daughter, whom

SHAH ALAM, The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has called for further action, including legal proceedings, related to the GISB Holding Sdn Bhd (GISBH) issue to be expedited, says Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He said the matter was among those emphasised by the Sultan during their weekly audience today. The Sultan also expressed his view that the investigation team must be more efficient in scrutinising any offences related to GISBH, including criminal cases. “During the audience, the GISBH issue was not discussed in detail, but His Royal Highness has called for swift action by the

PUTRAJAYA, The Court of Appeal today ordered a man to defend himself on the charge of killing his biological father by hitting him with a stick and slashing him with a meat cleaver, five years ago. Judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim made the ruling after allowing the public prosecutor’s appeal as the appellant against the decision of the Shah Alam High Court which acquitted Jamil Tawasil, 39, of the charge at the end of the prosecution case. In the unanimous decision, Judge Ahmad Zaidi who sat with Court of Appeal judge Datuk Azman Abdullah and High Court judge Datuk Noorin