Category: General

KOTA BHARU, A total of 1,000 kilogrammes (kg) of rice worth RM14,260 believed to have been smuggled in from a neighbouring country were seized by Battalion 8 of the General Operations Force (GOF8) during its Ops Taring Wawasan near Jeram Perdah, Pasir Mas, yesterday. GOF Southeast Brigade commander SAC Datuk Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid said in a statement that the team intercepted a Proton Wira car driven suspiciously by a suspect at 10 am. He said as they were about to make the arrest, the suspect exited the vehicle and fled into nearby bushes. ‘We believe the suspect

PUTRAJAYA, The full rehearsal for the Trooping of the Colours ceremony in conjunction with the official birthday celebration of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia at Dataran Pahlawan Negara, Precinct 1 here proceeded smoothly today. A total of 25 officers and 503 personnel of other ranks of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), led by the commanding officer of the 21st Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment, Lt Col Muhammad Firdaus Sa’ad, participated in the rehearsal ahead of the actual ceremony scheduled for this Saturday. Five Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s Colours will be paraded during the main event, namely those of

MANILA – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Thursday expressed optimism that the 2011 killing of Puerto Princesa City broadcaster Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega will soon be resolved following the surrender of former Palawan governor Joel Reyes. ‘This a very good development, considering that Reyes is among the high-profile suspects in the government’s list of those wanted for the murder of the members of the press,’ PTFoMS executive director Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez said in a statement. Reyes, the alleged mastermind behind the killing of Ortega, surrendered to authorities on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started the Hardware Acceptance Test (HAT) on the automated counting machines (ACMs) and other devices that will be used in the May 2025 midterm polls. Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia said Thursday 856 ACMs and 80 transmission devices have passed the testing by personnel of South Korean service provider Miru and was approved by Comelec supervisors. “We inspect every hardware component of the machines. We have to adopt the highest quality standard because we deserve no less. That’s value for money,” he said in a press briefing after inspecting the ongoing HAT

MANILA – The Marikina City government approved the creation of a special economic zone for the manufacturing facility of a firearms firm. Mayor Marcelino Teodoro signed Resolution No. 127, series of 2024, on Wednesday for the development of the Armscor Global Defense Inc. as the “Armscor Manufacturing Special Economic Zone”. ‘We recognize the significant benefits and sustainable growth that the ‘Armscor Manufacturing Special Economic Zone’ will bring to Marikina City and its residents, once it is officially designated and registered as a Manufacturing Economic Zone with PEZA (Philippine Economic Zone Authority. We anticipate that the ‘Armscor Manufacturing Special Economic Zone’