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World Bank, ADB offer to bankroll DSWD ‘food stamp’ program

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have offered to finance the Marcos administration’s food stamp program that aims to support one million ‘food-poor’ families across the country from 2024 to 2027, the Department of Social Welfare and…

MOHR WANTS TO TRANSFORM 3D SECTOR INTO HIGH-INCOME JOBS

The Ministry of Human Resources wants to transform the dirty, dangerous and difficult (3D) sector into high-income jobs to reduce the dependence on foreign labour.To make this happen, its secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Zaini Ujang said those involved …

ONLY 29 MALAYSIAN PILGRIMS AT TH TREATMENT CENTRES – SYED SALEH

A total of 29 people, or 0.2 per cent of the 13,000 pilgrims who have arrived in the Holy Land, have sought treatment at the Tabung Haji (TH) treatment centre.The head of the Malaysian Haj delegation, Datuk Seri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman, said 11 of…

GAWAI DAY: A UNIQUE OPEN HOUSE EXPERIENCE AT KAMPUNG SIBAKAR

Usually, the practice of holding open houses during the festive season is synonymous with feasts for family and friends, but in conjunction with the Gawai Day celebration, Kampung Sibakar has organised an open house for tourists to enjoy the refreshing…

Microfinancing NGO wins P91-M tax case

The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) en banc affirmed its earlier ruling to set aside a tax assessment of PHP91.27 million against a microfinancing non-government organization (NGO) due to procedural lapses.The en banc affirmed the June 20, 2014 decision of…