Category: General

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) is urging Antiqueños to undergo guidance and counseling with their office to make a well-informed decision when applying for permanent migrant or permanent resident visas. ‘We encourage those applying for a permanent visa to attend the CFO’s guidance and counseling program because it is not just a seminar per se, but we also assist, especially those who will be marrying foreign nationals, to make a well-informed decision,’ Mila Bisa, CFO Emigrant Services Officer II said during a press conference Monday. The CFO is in Antique for its annual

KOTA BHARU, A 30-day-old baby boy was found unconscious and later pronounced dead after being bottle-fed by a nurse at a confinement care centre early yesterday morning. Kota Bharu District police chief ACP Mohd Rosdi Daud said a report was received by the Kota Bharu District police headquarters yesterday morning regarding the negligent incident that led to the baby’s death. “The incident happened at 5.30 am yesterday at a confinement care centre in Kota Bharu. “The victim was taken to a private hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead,” he said in a statement today. Subsequently, the unmarried nurse in

KUALA LUMPUR, Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Ladang Henrietta, Padang Serai, Kedah recently received two Smart TVs, courtesy of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The smart TVs will be utilised in teaching and learning activities at the school. The Deputy Prime Minister’s special officer A. Arvend presented the smart TVs during a visit to the school. The school’s Parent-Teacher Association (PIBG) chairman, S. llanggo, said the contribution is part of efforts to enhance learning techniques at the school by utilising state-of-the-art and interactive technology. “The school’s PIBG plans to contribute 12 Smart TVs to the school

KUALA LUMPUR, The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) organised a tree-planting programme at Sekolah Kebangsaan Pandan Jaya, here yesterday, planting 100 saplings of eight different species on the school grounds. The tree-planting programme was sponsored by MTC as part of the Council’s CSR initiative in collaboration with the Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM) and the school. The event was officiated by the Director-General of FDPM, Dato’ Haji Zahari Ibrahim, who also serves as a member of MTC’s Board of Trustees. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

SUNGAI BULOH, The Ministry of Health (MOH) has no plan to implement any restrictions, including the Movement Control Order (MCO), to control the spread of the monkeypox (mpox) outbreak as was done during the COVID-19 infection about four years ago. Giving this assurance, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said this decision was made after the results of screening tests conducted on 6.2 million travellers who entered the country were found to be negative. At the same time, he hopes the mpox situation in the country will not be compared to that of neighbour, Singapore, in order to avoid