Category: General

Manila: After three straight months of power rate hikes, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Friday announced lower electricity rates in October. In a statement, Meralco said the rate this month will decrease by PHP0.3587 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to PHP11.4295 per kWh from PHP11.7882 per kWh in September. Lower charges from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) have driven the reduction in electricity prices this month. ‘WESM charges decreased by PHP5.1001 per kWh following the completion last month of the collection of deferred May 2024 costs ordered by the Energy Regulatory Commission,’ Meralco said. ‘Also contributing to the reduction

The Kuala Lumpur rubber market finished mixed on Friday amid weaker advice from the regional rubber futures markets and declining benchmark crude oil prices as the ringgit strengthened against the US dollar, a dealer said. She said market sentiment was also dented by concerns over the escalation of the Middle East conflict. ‘Nonetheless, further losses were capped, as sentiment was supported by the optimism for further Chinese stimulus and improved global economic data,’ she told Bernama. She said oil prices declined on Friday after a rally the previous day, but prices remained set for a second straight weekly gain as

The High Court today was told that the money laundering and tax-evasion charges against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor should be quashed as they are bad in law and infringed her right under Article 5 of the Federal Constitution. Rosmah’s counsel Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin argued that five out of the 17 charges faced by the former prime minister’s wife ought to be dismissed because there are no proceeds of an unlawful activity generated by the non-declaration of income tax to even begin with. ‘Hence, it can never be a predicate offence on its own. We emphasise that simply failing

An oil tanker crashed and overturned at KM27.8 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway at about 5.30 pm. The Malaysian Highways Authority (LLM) said all lanes were blocked due to the accident and advised motorists to use alternative routes. “The accident did not involve any other vehicles and so far, the highway authorities have diverted other vehicles to exit to the Genting Sempah intersection and use Jalan Gombak,” said an LLM spokesperson when contacted by Bernama. In addition, the spokesperson said the highway operator also made a ‘median opening’ for vehicles stuck in the traffic jam, allowing them to make a

A tahfiz school teacher pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to physically sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy. Muhammad Ilyas Jamaludin, 33, is charged with committing the offence at the school in Tasik Senangin, Lenggeng from early to the end of last year. The charge, under Section 14 (b) of the Sexual Offenses Against Children Act 2017, provides imprisonment for up to 20 years and whipping upon conviction. Judge Datin Surita Budin set bail at RM10,000 with one surety and also ordered him not to intimidate witnesses. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurul Balkis Zunaidi and appeared for the prosecution,