Zairulnizam Rohani (left) and Rostam Shahrif Tami were recently charged with accepting bribes related to the construction of a highway. PETALING JAYA: Highway concessionaire Prolintas Group says the two top officials in the group who were recently charged with accepting bribes have been on leave of absence since July 9 and 16 last year respectively. […]
As several wildfires continue to blaze through Los Angeles County, its Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) is advising residents where to bring animals affected by the evacuation orders. Four fires spreading throughout the county have claimed the lives of at least 10 and forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. Along with […]
How did that happen, you ask? Since the employee was managing the company’s largest client, and did so successfully, it did not sit well with the client to see the employee getting wrongfully fired. This led the client to take action to ensure that the employee can still work for them, even if it isn’t […]
Newly tiger statue of the University of Santo Tomas as seen in Plaza Mayor. (Interaksyon/Rosette Adel) The official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas, The Varsitarian, is now calling for entries from college and university-level publications for the 10th edition of the UST National Campus Journalism Awards (UNCJA). The campus journalism awards will […]
A former South African Police Services (SAPS) was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Palm Ridge on Monday for accepting R5,000 bribe in exchange for facilitating an investigation. The case against Gregory Edmund Beck, 68, stems from a complaint filed in December 2014 with the office of the […]
On October 31, 2024, Myanmar’s Intellectual Property Department (IPD) announced that it would officially start accepting applications for patent and utility model registration under the Patent Law, effective immediately. Contained in IPD Announcement No. 14/2024, this significant development opens new avenues for securing patent and utility model rights in the country. Myanmar’s Patent Law (Pyidaungsu […]