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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) expanded by 5.3 per cent in July 2024, following 5.0 per cent growth in the previous month driven by a surge in manufacturing output, said the Department of Statistics (DOSM). In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said manufacturing output rose by 7.7 per cent in July 2024 compared to 5.2 per cent in the preceding month, and electricity output increased by 7.0 per cent compared to 3.5 per cent in June 2024. ‘Meanwhile, the mining sector’s production declined 5.0 per cent against a 4.9 per cent growth

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Manila: Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Tuesday said they are looking at an “innovation” to hasten the procurement of textbooks for basic education learners. During the Senate deliberation of DepEd’s proposed 2025 budget, Angara told senators that they were eyeing title pre-selection as a system they want to duplicate from private schools or law schools. Under the system, students are given the titles they can buy from bookstores. “I think it will make things easier — to select from the available titles in the market, and it will also help perhaps our local publishers and the local

Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted anew the request of the camp of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo for another extension to file her counter-affidavit to the material misrepresentation complaint she is facing. Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia said Tuesday the poll body’s law department approved a 10-day extension only. “Dapat natapos first extension ng Sept. 2. Humingi sila 15 days. Ten days (lang) binigay ng law department namin, Sept. 12 dapat deadline niya, 10 calendar days po. Kaya Sept. 2 ay hanggang Sept. 12 ang palugit na ibibigay sa kampo ni mayor Guo (The first extension

KUALA LUMPUR, A unified stance among ASEAN member countries on climate change is crucial for the region to be taken more seriously on the global stage, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. He said if ASEAN member countries work together and take advantage of its 670 million population as well as the region’s economic strength, their voice will be more respected. ‘Asean has 670 million (people). By 2030, we (Asean) will be the fourth biggest economy in the world. So I think that’s where we want to leverage from (ASEAN),’ he said during a press