Category: General

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Rate of price increases in Ilocos Region decelerated to 1.8 percent in August from month-ago’s 3.3 percent due to lower inflation in food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport, and education services, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA Ilocos regional director Sheila De Guzman, in virtual press conference on Wednesday, said slower upticks in the prices of cereals and cereal products, vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas drove the slower food inflation rate last month. Rice’s inflation rate in the region posted a lower rate of 10.4 percent in August from 23.6 percent in July; corn, from 35.6

SHAH ALAM, The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled an attempt to smuggle illegal migrants out of the country in the waters off Pantai Tanjung Rhu, Kuala Langat early this morning. Selangor MMEA director Maritime Capt Abdul Muhaimin Muhammad Salleh said the Klang Area Control Centre (ACC) alerted the agency about a suspicious target moving at high speed in the area at 1.50 am. The MMEA team found an unregistered fibreglass boat speeding away and pursued it for about 35 minutes. ‘The skipper then deliberately rammed the patrol boat and damaged its hull and engine guard, before jumping into the

KUALA LUMPUR, Starting from Oct 1, all food and beverage containing sugar will be removed from the list of items eligible for discounts under the MADANI Rahmah Sale programme, said Deputy Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Fuziah Salleh. She said the move was to support the ‘War on Sugar’ campaign led by the Health Ministry (MOH) to encourage the public to reduce sugar intake. “We will remove items containing sugar from the Rahmah Sale list…No more discounts,” she said, adding that previously, the Rahmah Sale offered discounts ranging from 10 to 30 per cent for sugary items

KUALA LUMPUR, The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department (JIM) detained 1,952 illegal immigrants and 109 employers, who employed them, through various operations from January to August. Its director, Wan Mohamed Saupee Wan Yusoff said of this number, Bangladesh nationals made up the majority, with 466 individuals, followed by illegal immigrants from Indonesia (326), Pakistan (178), India (163), China (159) and other countries. He said 422 investigation files were opened for the purpose of compound action and prosecution, with 835 foreigners charged for committing various offences including overstaying, not having a valid passport or permit, and breaching the conditions of a passport

TAPAH, A cleaner was sentenced to seven days in jail and fined RM800, in default seven days in jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for uploading defamatory comments on social media against a policeman killed in a shooting incident at the Ulu Tiram Police Station in Johor in May this year. Magistrate Anis Zainab Pawan Teh meted out the sentence on Wan Abd Qayyum Wan Mohd Radzuan, 25, after he pleaded guilty to the charge. He was charged with defaming Corporal Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, who was killed in the incident, in a post on Facebook with the intention