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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

KUALA LUMPUR, The High Court today was told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) did not place the blame for the mismanagement of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) on its former president and chief executive officer (CEO) Arul Kanda Kandasamy in 2016. United Kingdom-based financial fraud investigator Richard Templeman admitted that he and PAC arrived at different conclusions regarding the 1MDB financial crisis, with him placing the blame on Arul Kanda, while PAC placed it on 1MDB’s former chief executive officer, Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi. Templeman was responding to cross-examination by Arul Kanda’s counsel, Sanjay Mohan in 1MDB’s USD6.59 billion lawsuit

KUALA SELANGOR, A 32-year-old single mother and her 26-year-old boyfriend were sentenced to 24 months in jail by the Sessions Court here today for the abuse of the woman’s five-year-old daughter Judge Nurul Mardhiah Mohammed Redza handed down the sentence on the couple after they pleaded guilty to a charge of abusing the girl. She ordered both the accused to serve the jail sentence from the date of their arrest which was on Sept 4. The judge also ordered the couple to be placed on a good behaviour bond for two years upon completing their time in jail. They were