Category: General

BUTUAN CITY – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including a team leader, surrendered to military forces in Carmen, Surigao del Sur, a military official said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Vincent Viray, commander of the Philippine Army’s 36th Infantry Battalion (36IB), identified the surrenderers as Jeno Maca Montenegro, the team leader of the dismantled NPA Guerrilla Front-30 (GF-30) Sub-Regional Committee Westland, and Jenalyn Medrano Montenegro, the unit’s medic. “They spoke of the hardships they faced while evading our pursuing forces. Their desire to reunite with their family, which they had left for years, prompted their surrender,” Viray said in

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia’s public service needs to make bolder and more progressive moves to improve its ranking in the global competitiveness index, according to Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN) Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. He said it was important as Malaysia had fallen seven spots from No.27 last year to No. 34 in this year’s World Competitiveness Ranking by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). ‘This shows that the country’s competitiveness requires a more holistic and agile structural reform,’ he said in his address at the KSN Leadership Aspiration Programme here today. Also present were Communications Ministry secretary-general

KUALA LUMPUR, The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested the owner of a Bangladeshi company believed to be part of a syndicate that conspired to bribe enforcement officers to bring foreigners through ‘counter setting’ or á special counter route at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). According to a source, the suspect, who is in his 40s, was arrested in the capital through an operation codenamed Op Pump at about 1.30 pm yesterday. “The suspect and several agents of the syndicate are believed to have paid bribes ranging from RM200 to RM25,000 to several officers of an enforcement agency for facilitating foreigners

KUALA LUMPUR, For the first time ever, 20 loyal listeners of Bernama Radio joined the crew for an outside broadcast on the moving KL Hop-On Hop-Off (KL HOHO) open-air bus against the backdrop of iconic skyscrapers in the city today in conjunction of the 17th anniversary of the radio station on Sept 3. Bernama chief executive officer Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin said the programme was held in appreciation of the listeners’ undivided support for Bernama Radio over the past 17 years. ‘Even though we cannot hold this programme on a larger scale, we still want to show our appreciation and sincerity

KUALA LUMPUR, The AirAsia MOVE app is now further enhanced with the introduction of BigPay Lite, a simplified embedded wallet where users can create an account within seconds, and enjoy the same convenience, safety, and seamless in-app payment experience of the full BigPay wallet. The BigPay Lite feature enables users to sign up for a BigPay account without having to exit the AirAsia MOVE app, or download a separate app. Source: BERNAMA News Agency