Category: General

MANILA – Outgoing Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for the opportunity to head the bureau for two years. ‘Allow me then to express my gratitude to His Excellency Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr., President of the Republic, for the opportunity to serve under his Administration. The past two years have been filled with optimism, challenges and determination,’ Tansingco said in a statement Wednesday. He said much-needed reforms have been initially implemented at the BI under his watch. ‘Right at the get go, it has been a focused yet challenging effort to address the

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday honored his father and namesake, the late former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., on his 107th birth anniversary. The younger Marcos took to social media to celebrate his father’s birthday, calling him his ‘guiding force’ and ‘steady voice of reason’ in fulfilling his role as the country’s leader. ‘Not a day goes by where I don’t think about my father. His wisdom remains a guiding force, a steady voice of reason reminding me of the principles that should lead our nation forward,’ Marcos said, sharing a photo collage of him and

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia’s public service needs to make bolder and more progressive moves to improve its ranking in the global competitiveness index, according to Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN) Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. He said it was important as Malaysia had fallen seven spots from No.27 last year to No. 34 in this year’s World Competitiveness Ranking by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). ‘This shows that the country’s competitiveness requires a more holistic and agile structural reform,’ he said in his address at the KSN Leadership Aspiration Programme here today. Also present were Communications Ministry secretary-general

KUALA LUMPUR, The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested the owner of a Bangladeshi company believed to be part of a syndicate that conspired to bribe enforcement officers to bring foreigners through ‘counter setting’ or á special counter route at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). According to a source, the suspect, who is in his 40s, was arrested in the capital through an operation codenamed Op Pump at about 1.30 pm yesterday. “The suspect and several agents of the syndicate are believed to have paid bribes ranging from RM200 to RM25,000 to several officers of an enforcement agency for facilitating foreigners

KUALA LUMPUR, For the first time ever, 20 loyal listeners of Bernama Radio joined the crew for an outside broadcast on the moving KL Hop-On Hop-Off (KL HOHO) open-air bus against the backdrop of iconic skyscrapers in the city today in conjunction of the 17th anniversary of the radio station on Sept 3. Bernama chief executive officer Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin said the programme was held in appreciation of the listeners’ undivided support for Bernama Radio over the past 17 years. ‘Even though we cannot hold this programme on a larger scale, we still want to show our appreciation and sincerity