Category: General

IPOH, Children of all faiths and backgrounds are disproportionately affected by poverty, representing half of those subsisting on less than the bare minimum despite comprising only a third of the global population, said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah. His Royal Highness said that children are also suffering disproportionately in humanitarian crises and conflict situations. There are now four million children in Sudan facing acute malnutrition, while in Ukraine, the United Nations (UN) estimates that 3.5 million children are living under severe to catastrophic levels of need. In Gaza, half of the 1.7 million people displaced from their homes

GEORGE TOWN, Several firearms, including imitation ones, were seized by the police following the arrest of four men in connection with a fight that broke out in Bukit Mertajam last month (June 13). Penang Police Chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said all four suspects were arrested last Saturday with the first one in Juru near here. Following the arrest, he said, the police were led to a house belonging to one of them in Sungai Bakap, near here, where various firearms were found. “We seized two We Tactical air pistols with only the bullet casings, a packet of ball bearings and

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday signed an agreement with the Philippine Association of Law Schools (PALS) that would expand access to free legal services. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and PALS president Teodoro Pastran signed the memorandum of agreement. “This momentous occasion is testament to the unwavering efforts of PBBM’s Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines) political slogan that no Filipino shall be left behind as the country moves forward to progress,” Remulla said in a news release. ‘With this initiative, we unconditionally open the doors of justice for the welfare of more Filipinos, regardless of their social status.’

IPOH, Amid rising global conflicts and economic disparity, there is an urgent need for unity within the ummah, said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah. He said that since October 2022, two major conflicts affecting Muslim-majority populations have broken out – the Sudanese civil war and the conflict in Gaza. “The war in Ukraine, which began in early 2022, has continued into a third year, inflicting significant and prolonged hardship on the country’s citizens. “Across these global conflicts, innocent civilians of many faiths – Muslim and non-Muslim – including thousands of women and children, are bearing the brunt of

LINGAYEN: The provincial government of La Union recorded an initial estimate of PHP41 million damage to agriculture, PHP17 million to infrastructure, and PHP1.96 million to tourism due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by Super Typhoon Carina. In a report on Monday, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Aureliano Rulloda III said all local government units reported losses in high-value crops, agri-infrastructures, rice and fisheries. On infrastructure, he said the damage was mostly on roads and river slopes, farm-to-market, provincial and municipal roads. The damage to infrastructure was in Burgos, Naguilian, Caba, Bagulin, Bauang, Bacnotan towns, and San Fernando