Category: General

BERA, Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, today presented house keys to 30 recipients of the Rumah Rakyat Al-Sultan Abdullah (Ru’RASA) in Bera and Bentong districts. Al-Sultan Abdullah expressed that the Ru’RASA project, a collaboration with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is particularly meaningful to him and he closely follows the project’s progress and personally participates in the house key presentation ceremonies. ‘Since the project began, I have received periodic updates and have personally attended some ceremonies to present the house keys. Witnessing the joy of the recipients is deeply fulfilling,’ His Royal Highness

KUALA LUMPUR, The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has confirmed the arrest of the Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings’s (GISBH) CEO, his wife, and several company leaders, including the son of a former founder of Al-Arqam, during an Op Global operation early this morning. Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain, said that the coordinated operation with the D8 Division of Bukit Aman and the Special Integrated Investigation Team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) D14 of Bukit Aman was conducted simultaneously at four residential units in Tower A, Berjaya Times Square, Jalan Imbi, Bukit Bintang, at 5.40 am. “As

KUALA LUMPUR, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures were mostly higher despite the weaker underlying cash market. At 9.48 am, September 2024 contract added 2.0 points to 1,662.0, October 2024 grew 3.0 points to 1,665.5, December 2024 rose 1.0 points to 1,669.0, but March 2025 fell 0.5 of-a-point to 1,654.0. Turnover stood at 1,696 lots, with open interest at 45,506 contracts. The FBM KLCI slipped 2.38 points to 1,658.21 after 48 minutes of trading. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas recorded a 3.3 percent inflation rate (IR) in August 2024, lower than the 4.4 percent recorded the previous month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday. The downtrend in inflation rate was mainly due to the lower inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages at 5.5 percent last month from 6.8 percent in July 2024. Also contributing to the decrease was the lower inflation rate in transport, health, education services, clothing and footwear, alcoholic beverages and tobacco, and recreation. ‘The decrease of the IR for food in August 2024 was primarily influenced by the slower

Manila: The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) has expanded its Education-on-Wheels (EOW) program to persons deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Manila City Jail Male Dormitory through its Open University System. In a statement Thursday, PUP Institute of Open and Distance Education director Rudolf Anthony Lacerna said they will maximize technology for a blended learning setup for 72 PDLs inside the facility. ‘I-implement pa rin natin yung kapangyarihan ng teknolohiya. So, andun sila sa isang klase kasi may magandang pasilidad sa piitan pero ang mga guro ay nasa PUP pa (We are implementing the power of technology. So, they