Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, along with other Cabinet ministers, today extended Malaysia Day greetings with a reminder to the people to preserve the country’s peace, harmony and prosperity. Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Rural and Regional Development Minister, urged all Malaysians to continue nurturing good relations between races, strengthening unity, and instilling patriotism in the hearts of the younger generation. He said Malaysians must face challenges together to ensure the country remains peaceful, prosperous and respected globally. “Since 1963, we have built a nation based on values

Manila: An emotional President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday urged the government and the public to take collective action and exert extra effort to eradicate cases of Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC). In his speech during the ‘Iisang Nasyon, Iisang Aksyon: Tapusin ang Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) Ngayon Summit 2024’ in Makati City, President Marcos emphasized the need for the government to strengthen its efforts against the sexual exploitation of children online. ‘For us to allow this to happen in our country, it brings to me an overwhelming sense of shame because

Manila: Lawyer Romulo Macalintal has filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) questioning the validity of a resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which allows public officials to continue holding office even after being nominated as a party-list representative. In a 28-page petition, the election lawyer asked the SC to declare unconstitutional Section 11, Rule II of Comelec Resolution No. 11045 dated Aug. 28, 2024 which, among others, provides that ‘public officials who accepts a nomination as a party-list representative may continue to hold office even after acceptance of their nomination.’ Macalintal’s suit argued that the rule is

Manila: Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee on Monday urged the Benefits Committee (BenCom) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to immediately convene for the implementation of increases in essential benefit packages. Lee issued the call after the Department of Health (DOH), which leads the BenCom, announced the increase in the hemodialysis package rate from PHP4,000 to PHP6,350 per session. ‘We thank the DOH and PhilHealth for heeding our call to increase the coverage in medical treatments like hemodialysis. But our question is: why are increases done on a piecemeal basis?’ Lee said in Filipino in a news release. ‘If

Manila: The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) of Region 4-A (Calabarzon) and Region 7 (Central Visayas) have issued wage orders granting increases in the daily minimum wage rates of workers in private establishments, directly benefiting 1.2 million minimum wage earners. In a statement Monday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the daily wage adjustment in Calabarzon and Central Visayas ranges from PHP21 to PHP75 and PHP33 to PHP43, respectively. This brings the minimum wage rates in Calabarzon to PHP450 to PHP560 in the non-agriculture sector; PHP425 to PHP500 in the agriculture sector; and PHP425 in retail