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SUBANG, The Malaysia ICT Volunteer (MIV) with the community programme continues its tour in Selangor, training volunteers to help raise digital literacy levels and promote the safe use of technology in the community. Selangor Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) director Mohd Faisal Md Nor said the programme was important for the state, as it had recorded the highest number of complaints related to online content, totalling 4,022 as of last August. He said that these complaints included 807 reports of scam activities on social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram. ‘This data highlights the vital role and

LYON (France), Malaysia intends to increase the number of entries in the next edition of the WorldSkills Competition (WSC), especially through new skill areas, said Deputy Minister of Human Resources Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad. The Malaysia Chef de Mission (CDM) for the WSC 2024 said this would help to produce more skilled and quality youth from the country. He expressed the importance of the competition as it can unearth the country’s talents and provide good job opportunities for them. “I have instructed the officers concerned to prepare a working paper to improve our participation…we increase our participation, to improve

MANILA – Senator Robinhood ‘Robin’ Padilla has filed a bill facilitating the qualifications to ensure Shari’ah courts will get the needed judges. In his Senate Bill (SB) 2820 filed on Sept. 11, Padilla seeks to amend Article X, Section 8 of Republic Act 11054 or the organic law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Padilla said RA 11054 requires membership to the Philippine Bar as among the requirements for Shari’ah judges for Shari’ah circuit courts. “As pointed out by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, these stringent requirements are one of the reasons why it has become

MANILA – The House Committee on Appropriations has recommended to reduce the proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for 2025 from PHP2.037 billion to PHP733 million, panel senior vice chair and Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo said on Thursday. In a press conference, Quimbo said the committee made the “unanimous decision” to transfer PHP1.293 billion of the OVP’s budget for social services to two key social protection programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) and the Department of Health’s (DOH) Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated

MANILA – Police officers arrested four high-value individuals (HVI) and seized over PHP6.8 million worth of shabu in a sting operation in Rizal province on Wednesday night. In a statement Thursday, Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) chief Brig. Gen. Eleazar Matta said the suspects identified as alias “Oski”, 40; “Verly”, 33; “Sittie”, 32 and “Jesus”, 50, were nabbed about 10 p.m. at Sitio Malabon, Barangay San Juan in Taytay town. Seized from the suspects were seized six transparent plastic bags and two heat-sealed plastic sachets containing 1.01 kg. of shabu and other non-drug evidence. Matta said these suspects are