Category: General

BAGUIO CITY: Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) gears to cut further the already single-digit systems loss of Baguio and Benguet’s sole electric distributor to benefit consumers through lower power costs. In a briefing Thursday, Beneco general manager Engr. Melchor Licoben said among the efforts to address the technical and non-technical systems losses were the implementation and advocacy of the anti-pilferage law and training of meter readers to avoid errors. By penalizing people involved in illegal connections, among others, power losses can be avoided, he said. Beneco is also increasing the size of its substation, its electric lines, and electric meters are

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has made key changes in agencies under the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) umbrella, including the appointment of former executive secretary Oscar Orbos as acting chairperson and member of the Board of Directors of the People”s Television Network, Inc. (PTNI). The PCO made the announcement in a Facebook post Thursday. Orbos served as executive secretary and secretary of transportation and communications under former president Corazon C. Aquino. He also held elected positions, serving as congressman representing Pangasinan”s 1st District from 1987 to 1990 and as governor of the province from 1995 to 1998. He also

KUALA LUMPUR, The ringgit ended lower on Thursday against the US dollar as the greenback strengthened on the back of heightened uncertainties on the geopolitical front. At 6 pm, the local note depreciated to 4.2185/2250 versus the US dollar compared with yesterday’s close of 4.1730/1790. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said the ringgit was generally weaker against the greenback throughout the day. Similarly, he said that the Japanese yen was also weaker against the US dollar as the prospect of an interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan looks dim following comments from

KUALA LUMPUR, National men’s professional Lee Zii Jia is determined to perform brilliantly in the tournaments in Europe to ensure he safely qualifies for the 2024 World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China, this December. The 26-year-old bronze medalist of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games stated that he will always take care of his physical fitness to ensure that he is able to achieve that goal. “I will compete in all the tournaments (in Europe) because if you look at the ranking for the World Tour Final now, I am in sixth position and as long as my condition is okay,

KUALA LUMPUR, The defamation suit by Habibul Rahman Kadir Shah against Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has been settled after the Muar member of parliament made a public apology to the former adviser to Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Sessions Court here today. Syed Saddiq, 31, in reading his apology before Judge Norakhmar Mohd Sani, sincerely and unconditionally apologised to Habibul Rahman, 68, the plaintiff, for making defamatory statements during a press conference at the Seri Pacific Hotel on Oct 2, 2017. ‘At the press conference, I referred to threats made against me and my family ahead of the