Category: General

Manila: The dismissed police officer and his driver who were tagged as the primary suspects in the disappearance of beauty pageant candidate Catherine Camilon in October last year were arrested in Batangas province. In a phone interview Thursday, Police Regional Office-4A (Calabarzon) spokesperson Lt. Col. Chitadel Gaoiran confirmed that dismissed Police Maj. Allan de Castro and his driver-bodyguard Jeffrey Magpantay were arrested in Barangay Caloocan in Balayan town at about 7:47 p.m. on Sept. 14. De Castro and Magpantay were ordered arrested by the Batangas Regional Trial Court Branch 3 on charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with no

ARAU, Police have increased patrols and monitoring in flood-affected areas in an effort to ensure that homes of victims who moved to temporary evacuation centers (PPS) in the district are safe and to avoid housebreaking crimes. District Police Chief Arau Supt Ahmad Mohsin Md Rodi said police will conduct additional patrols periodically in addition to regular patrols by the Patrol Car Unit (MPV) and the Motorcycle Patrol Unit (URB). ‘We will carry out patrolling periodical where we will get information related to the address of the house, the phone number of the house involved for this monitoring,’ he told reporters

KUALA LUMPUR, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s defence counsel told the High Court here today that testimonies from witnesses relying on hearsay should be disregarded as their validity cannot be verified. Najib’s lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the hearsay specifically refers to statements concerning the former premier’s principal private secretary, the late Datuk Azlin Alias and fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, whom the prosecution contends was Najib’s alter ego in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. Muhammad Shafee was referring to the testimony by Najib’s former special officer, Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazarudin who alleged Azlin and Jho

ALOR SETAR, The Kedah state government will distribute RM1,000 in Community Welfare Assistance to each head of household who moves to a temporary flood evacuation center (PPS) in the state. Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said the coordination of the initial aid was through the Disaster Operations Control Center in each district involved. He said the federal government’s RM1,000 contribution will be distributed through the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), and channelled through the Kedah State Development Office to the flood victims. According to Muhammad Sanusi, as of 2 pm this afternoon, a total of 29

KUALA LUMPUR, The number of flood evacuees across three affected states increased to 4,223 this morning, with all of them housed in 42 temporary relief centres (PPS), compared to 3,560 people in 34 centres last night. KEDAH, the hardest-hit state so far, saw an increase from 2,882 evacuees last night to 3,441 from 978 families this morning, an addition of 559 individuals. According to the latest report from the Disaster Info of the Social Welfare Department (JKM), the affected districts are Kubang Pasu with 704 evacuees, Pendang (429), Kulim (86), Pokok Sena (773), Kuala Muda (131), Kota Setar (1,205), and