Category: General

Manila: Oil firms will increase pump prices at the start of October. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil, and Shell announced that they will hike gasoline and diesel prices by PHP0.45 and PHP0.90 per liter. Caltex, Seaoil, and Shell will also increase kerosene prices by PHP0.30 per liter. Last week, oil companies implemented a PHP1.20 per liter increase for gasoline and PHP0.20 per liter hike for diesel, while there was no adjustment on kerosene prices. With the recent price movement, year-to-date prices of gasoline and diesel had a net increase of PHP5.85 and PHP1.95 per liter, respectively.

Manila: The Senate will prioritize Senate Bill (SB) No. 2034, or the proposed Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Act, as soon as session resumes in November, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino said on Monday. Tolentino made the assurance after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. gave his approval in the recent Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting. ‘With the President’s go signal, the ROTC bill has been moved to Tier 1 from Tier 2 in the list of the LEDAC – making it a top priority. So, when the session resumes, we expect to discuss it right away,” he said

IPOH, The Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) has assembled several 3D murals depicting Taiping’s historical heritage. The murals were produced in collaboration with the Perak Division of Malaysia’s Non-Pensioned Military Veterans Association. MPT President Khairul Amir Mohamad Zubir said the locations chosen include the Taiping Zoo and Night Safari, which has produced six murals of tigers, beavers, giraffes, crocodiles, snakes, and a suspension bridge. “The second location is at Jalan Syed Burhan, where a 100-metre-long and 6.38-metre-high Antong Mural depicts a sketch of the traditional production process of Antong Coffee. “The third location is the Welcome To Taiping mural measuring 34.7

PUTRAJAYA, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said there is a need to improve national security related legislations to ensure the country’s security is more robust from outside elements and influences. Anwar however said the matter is left to the discretion of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) and other relevant enforcement agencies to improve existing national security laws. “I leave the wisdom to PDRM, ATM and other enforcement agencies if there are other elements that should be included in some areas which are not strong enough in the country’s laws. “However, it will certainly be

PUTRAJAYA, A baby born in 2024 is expected to live, on average, up to 75.2 years, according to the Abridged Life Tables, Malaysia, 2022-2024 findings released by the Department of Statistics (DOSM). Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the average life expectancy for a baby girl is 77.8 years, which is 4.8 years longer than that of a baby boy, whose life expectancy is 73.0 years. In a statement today, he said that Selangor had the highest life expectancy at birth for both males and females from 2022 to 2024, while Terengganu recorded the lowest during this