Category: General

PARIS, The debut of national women’s road cyclist Nur Aisyah Mohamad Zubir at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ended in disappointment as she was among the 14 riders recorded as Did Not Finish (DNF) here today. However, the website ‘olympics.com/en/paris-2024’ did not provide further details. The 158-kilometre (km) race at Trocadero saw American cyclist Kristen Faulkner winning the gold medal with a time of 3 hours 59 minutes and 23 seconds, while Marianne Vos of the Netherlands (4:00.21) took silver and Lotte Kopecky of Belgium (4:00.21) the bronze. Notably, Nur Aisyah made history as the first Malaysian female road cyclist

MANILA: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday issued pay rules for two holidays this month. In Labor Advisory No. 9, Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma advised employers on the proper payment of wages for Aug. 21 (Ninoy Aquino Day) and Aug. 26 (National Heroes Day). Aug. 21 is a special non-working day while Aug. 26 is a regular holiday. For Aug. 21, it noted that the ‘no work, no pay’ principle will apply, which means employees who would not work that day will not be compensated. The DOLE noted that such rule will apply unless there is a favorable

MANILA: Senator Grace Poe called on “program masterminds” of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) to stop “terrorizing drivers” with franchise revocation, arbitrary deadlines, and loss of investment if the program review will push through. “The tactic of pitting groups against each other is anti-cooperatives,” Poe said in a statement on Monday. “Spreading baseless fears to excuse the program’s flaws is classic division tactic that should not stop the government from doing a proper review,” she said. Poe issued the statement after supporters of the PTMP launched a protest against a Senate resolution signed by 22 senators, including Poe, that

GUA MUSANG, Police have approved 16 campaign permits for parties contesting in the Nenggiri state by-election from nomination day last Saturday until today. Gua Musang district police chief Supt Sik Choon Foo said of the total, 10 permits were for ceramah (political talks) and the remaining were for mobile campaigns. He also said that no permit applications have been rejected so far. ‘A total of eight permits have been approved for Barisan Nasional (BN), with two for ceramah and six for mobile campaigns, while for PAS, all eight permits approved are for political talks,’ he said when contacted today. The

KUANTAN, A housewife lost RM144,750 after being deceived into investing in an investment scheme that does not exist. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 44-year-old housewife, from Jerantut, was attracted to invest in the alleged ASNB Investment Trust as it offered lucrative returns. She said the woman made an initial investment of RM1,000 last July 21 and was told that she had earned RM30,000, but to redeem the dividend, she was asked to make payments for the processing fee. “During the period from July 21 to last Aug 3, the victim deposited money amounting to RM144,750 in