Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, today received a courtesy call from former Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla at Istana Negara. A post on His Majesty’s Facebook page stated that the meeting lasted almost half an hour. Also present was the Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Datuk Zailani Hashim. Jusuf Kalla has served his country as vice president twice – from 2004 to 2009 during the administration of President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and from 2014 to 2019 with President Joko Widodo.

KANGAR, A total of 23,890 Malaysians were recorded exiting the country to Thailand through two border crossings in Perlis, namely the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex (ICQS) in Padang Besar and Wang Kelian in conjunction with the school holidays and Malaysia Day yesterday. Perlis immigration director Khairul Amin Talib said from Sept 12 to 15, a total of 16,491 people were recorded leaving for Thailand at Padang Besar ICQS while another 7,399 people went through the ICQS in Wang Kelian. “The number is expected to increase until the end of the school holidays,” he told Bernama via WhatsApp today.

More than 4,000 youth and students in the Caraga Region have benefited from Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) programs this year, an official said Tuesday. Speaking at the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas forum here, DOLE-13 Assistant Director Raymond Fel Sajor highlighted the success of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) and the Government Internship Program (GIP) in helping Caraga’s underprivileged youth. ‘DOLE, with the help of local government units (LGUs) and other agencies, continues to reach out to the less fortunate sectors in Caraga,’ Sajor said. The SPES is a youth employment initiative designed to provide temporary

An Australian genomics researcher has developed a new cancer screening test, which takes seconds and could save thousands of lives, Anadolu Agency reports citing local media. Stefan Mazy, who developed the DermR Patch with a team of four, said it could one day be an alternative to a biopsy, which is the most common method for diagnosing skin cancer, SBS News reported. The first-of-its-kind technology harnesses the power of microneedles to identify cancerous lesions. The process is painless and quick. “The microneedles are less than a millimeter long and they penetrate about a millimeter into the skin and they collect

IPOH, The Perak state government, through the Perak State Agricultural Development Corporation (Perak SADC), has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Pakistani halal gelatine manufacturer Leiner Pak Gelatine Ltd to grow the state’s halal gelatine industry. The agreement was signed by Perak SADC’s subsidiary, Ladang Lekir Sdn Bhd, and Leiner Gelatine Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Leiner Pak Gelatine. In a statement today, the Perak state government said the JV was part of its efforts to become a major halal product manufacturer, especially in the gelatine industry, which currently only represents seven per cent of the world’s halal product