Inanunsyo ng mga awtoridad ng Saudi ang pagpapatupad ng unang mandatoryong yugto ng pinag-isang charging port para sa mga electronic device sa Saudi Arabia, simula Enero 1, 2025.
Ang inisyatiba na ito mula sa Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) at Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) ay nag-uutos sa paggamit ng USB Type-C bilang karaniwang charging port sa iba’t ibang device.
Ang pinag-isang charging port na desisyon ay naglalayong pagandahin ang karanasan ng user, bawasan ang mga gastos ng consumer, at i-promote ang paggamit ng mataas na kalidad na mga teknolohiya sa pagsingil at paglilipat ng data.
Bukod pa rito, umaayon ito sa mga layunin sa pagpapanatili ng kapaligiran sa pamamagitan ng pagbabawas ng elektronikong basura at pagsuporta sa Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ng UN.
Sinasaklaw ng unang yugto ang mga mobile phone, tablet, digital camera, e-reader, portable na video game console, headphone, earphone, portable speaker, amplified speaker, keyboard, computer, portable navigation system, at wireless router.
Ang ikalawang yugto, na naka-iskedyul na magsimula sa Abril 1, 2026, ay magpapalawak ng pangangailangan sa mga laptop, na higit pang mag-standardize ng mga charging port sa mas malawak na hanay ng mga electronic device.
Unang inanunsyo ng CST at SASO ang phased rollout ng pinag-isang charging port noong Agosto 6, 2023, na nangangailangan ng mga kumpanya at supplier na gamitin ang USB Type-C bilang karaniwang charging port.
Ang regulasyong ito ay umaayon sa mga teknikal at administratibong kinakailangan na tinukoy sa mga nauugnay na teknikal na regulasyon at pamantayan.
SINGAPORE: An employer took to social media asking others for advice because her foreign domestic helper wanted three months’ worth of salary to take with her when she went back on leave.
In an anonymous post to a Facebook group for domestic helpers, the employer wrote that she was “just asking for a little more context so I can make a decision on giving an advance to my helper before she goes on home leave”. She explained that her maid was going on leave for a month and that she paid for her helper’s return ticket. In addition, she also gave her maid 2 months’ salary to take with her. Despite this, the employer wrote that her maid “has requested for an additional 1 month advance salary, saying that she’d like to take her family on trips within the Philippines and her 2-month fund would not be enough. So that’s 3 months’ salary”.
“When I told her me paying for her ticket and her month’s leave would already save her a lot, she said all her friends have their return ticket and leave paid by their employers, it’s common practice. She hasn’t gone home in 4 years because of COVID and wants to plan a good time for her family. But she also said this was just a request and it’s okay if I refuse the additional 3rd month payout”, the woman wrote. She added that she was willing to give her domestic helper an advance for necessities but said that she did not want to encourage her to use money she did not yet have to splurge.
She asked other maids in the group if “if 60k–90k PHP is very little as she put it. I’m not familiar with expenses and the prices of things there. I’d also like to know if it’s common practice for employers to give return tickets and paid leave, because I really thought I was helping a lot more than others. I previously advanced her 9k SGD to renovate home, which she just finished paying off last month”.
Others in the group who commented on the post said that it was indeed a lot of money and urged the employer to consider carefully before making her decision. Here’s what they said:
Last month, an employer of a foreign domestic helper took to social media asking if she was obliged to give her helper an advance on her salary.
In an anonymous post to a Facebook group for domestic helpers, the woman wrote that her maid had been working for her for eight months. “Few days back she wanted to advance her 2.5k. When asked for the reason, the money will be used for the downpayment for her house”, she wrote. She explained that the maid asked for $500 to be deducted from her salary for the next five months to make up for the advance payment.
“Should we as employers be obliged to advance her pay? Also, we are afraid if we don’t she would do something funny with our young kids. Appreciate all of your feedback on this matter”, the woman wrote, asking others in the group for advice.
On the Manpower Ministry (MOM) website, under allowable salary deductions was the following: “For recovering advances, loans, overpaid salary or unearned employment benefits.
For advances, your employer can deduct your salary in instalments spread over not more than 12 months. Each instalment should not exceed 25% of your salary for the salary period.
For loans, your employer can deduct your salary in instalments. Each instalment should not exceed 25% of your salary for the salary period.
For overpaid salary and unearned employment benefits, your employer can recover the full amount from you”
KUWAIT CITY, March 30: The Criminal Security Sector has arrested, two Filipinos, a Lebanese and a Kuwaiti for trafficking in narcotic substances. Police have seized from them crystal meth, hashish, and Lyrica pills. The four suspects were caught in different areas of the country — Farwaniya, Mahboula and Hawalli.
Meanwhile, personnel from the General Department for Drug Control have taken into custody an unidentified person and seized from him various types of drugs, weapons and drug paraphernalia. The seizures included 200 grams of hashish, 38 Zinex tablets, one gram of crystal meth, 7 firearms of different types, two electronic scales, a large quantity of ammunition and drug use tools.
The Public Relations and Security Media Department of the Directorate-General of Drugs Control stated the seizure comes as part of the continuation and intensification of security campaigns against drug dealers. The suspect and the contraband have been handed over to the concerned authority.
Kuwait Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department & Jahra securitymen managed to arrest a 17-year-old Citizen accused of committing the murder of a Filipina maid & dumping her body in the desert area, he represented his crime
in the presence of the Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Juvenile Prosecution, police also found that the victim was working on daily or monthly wages for the suspect’s family, according to one of her friends, the investigation is still underway including possible rape.
BANGKOK — The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on Sunday issued a set of new regulations for airlines, including checking whether all passengers have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Airlines will be required to comply with these new rules as part of the government’s measures to prevent a new wave of Covid-19 infections.
The 7-point Notice to Airmen (Notam) will go into effect from 8 am on Monday to midnight January 31. The points are:
• Passengers above the age of 18 must show proof of being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or a doctor’s certificate saying they recovered from Covid-19 no longer than 180 days. Those without vaccination must also provide a medical letter explaining why they were not vaccinated.
• Passengers heading to countries that prevent Covid-infected people from entering must have health insurance for Covid treatment throughout their stay in Thailand, plus seven days. Those visiting Thailand on official missions or are crew members of airlines can present certificates from their agencies or airlines.
• Passengers holding Thai passports are exempt from the vaccine and health insurance checks.
• Passengers taking transit flights are exempt from vaccination and health insurance checks but must comply with the rules of their destination country.
• Airlines can reject passengers who are unable to show the required documents before travelling to Thailand.
• Airlines are required to enforce universal preventive measures, including having passengers wear face masks throughout the flight, except while eating.
• Passengers with Covid-like symptoms must undergo a Covid test upon arrival.
CAAT has also released a list of 16 Covid vaccines that are accepted for entering Thailand as of January 6.
The accepted vaccines include one dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine, two doses of AstraZeneca, two doses of Moderna, two doses of Pfizer or three doses of Anhui Zhifei Logcom.
After China announced that it was lifting quarantine requirements for entry into the country from Sunday, the Thai Public Health Ministry has been looking into ways to safely welcome Chinese tourists. To prevent one nationality from being targeted, the ministry has resolved that all foreign arrivals will have to prove they have been vaccinated.
An Egyptian guard died inside a room in Khiran Chalets due to asphyxiation from charcoal burning, meanwhile,a Filipino domestic helper was hospitalized after she inhaled carbon monoxide from burning coal left in a room in Jabriya.
Question: I plan to move in with my girlfriend to an apartment in Dubai. The building is what you would call a ‘family’ one, where bachelors are not allowed. Will we be allowed to live in such a building? More importantly, are real estate companies allowed to classify buildings in this manner?
Response: Pursuant to your queries, it is assumed that you and your girlfriend are unmarried and not in marital relationships with any other individuals. Therefore, the provisions of the Federal Decree Law No. 31 of 2021 on the Issuance of the Crimes and Penalties Law (the ‘UAE Penal Law’), and relevant local orders of the Dubai government may be applicable.
It is pertinent to note that cohabitation of unmarried couples is not a crime anymore in the UAE if there are no objections by their legal guardians. The offence of indecent assault in the UAE has been reintroduced with some modifications. Following this, a criminal action in respect of ‘indecent assault’ can be initiated only upon the submission of a complaint by the husband or legal guardian of the female involved in the relationship. Also, the offence, proceedings and penalties shall lapse if, at any time, the complainant (i.e., husband/guardian) retracts the complaint. This is in accordance with Article 409 of UAE Penal Law, which states: “Shall be punished with imprisonment for a period for not less than 6 months, anyone who committed with consent indecent assault with a female or sodomite with a male who has completed 18 years of age.
“A criminal case for the crime stipulated in the previous paragraph shall not be filed except on the basis of a complaint from the husband or legal guardian.
“In all cases, the husband or legal guardian may waive the complaint, and consequence of the same is lapse of the criminal case or the suspension of the execution of the penalty, as the case may.”
Therefore, if you are living with your girlfriend in the UAE, it may not be considered a crime, and there may be no imprisonment or penalties for cohabitation.
Further, it is at the discretion of the real estate company to rent apartments in a building to certain categories of individuals. In Dubai, the real estate company may frame rules and regulations of the building. However, these must be within the purview of the Real Estate Regulatory Agency of Dubai.
Nasamsam ang yate ng Social Media celebrity na may 693 bote ng alak
KUWAIT CITY, May 6: Nakuha ng Customs department ang yate ng isang sikat na social media celebrity dahil naglalaman ito ng iba’t ibang klase ng bote ng alak.
Ang yate ay nagmula sa isa sa mga bansa sa Gulpo at matapos suriin ito ay natagpuan ang 693 na bote ng alak ng iba’t ibang tatak. Sa loob ng yate ay lulan ang isang Kuwaiti citizen at isang Filipino expat.
Ang Direktor-Heneral ng Pangkalahatang Pangangasiwa ng Customs, Suleiman Al-Fahd, ay pinuri ang pagbabantay ng mga empleyado ng customs at lahat ng mga partido na lumahok sa pagpigil sa mga pagtatangka sa pagpuslit.
Nakumpleto ng departamento ng Customs ang imbentaryo ng mga bagay at ang mga tao ay isinangguni sa mga karampatang awtoridad upang gumawa ng legal na aksyon.
Duo arrested in Ajman, UAE on suspicion of ‘witchcraft’
LONDON: Two men have been arrested on suspicion of witchcraft and sorcery in the UAE, Ajman police said on Wednesday.
The men, of Arab nationality, were arrested after a tip-off from people living in the emirate, who said the men were charging them to use “black magic rituals” to solve problems, local media said.
Ahmed Saeed Al-Nuaimi, criminal investigations director of Ajman Police, said the information provided was confirmed by his department and an undercover team was sent to apprehend the duo.
The officers contacted the suspects, agreed to pay AED10,000 ($2,722) for their services and met them at a hotel.
After the two men performed their acts, the meeting was raided, after which the suspects confessed to their crimes.
Their case has been forwarded to Public Prosecution, according to reports.
Storya Ni Juan Official 