Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, Bursa Malaysia opened marginally lower today, mirroring the downbeat performance on Wall Street overnight, said an analyst. At 9.14 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) slid 2.96 points to 1,626.72 from Tuesday’s close of 1,629.68. The index opened 1.63 points higher at 1,631.31. In the broader market, decliners led gainers 239 to 165, with 361 counters unchanged, 1,706 untraded and six suspended. Turnover stood at 334.74 million units worth RM135.80 million. Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd equity research vice-president Thong Pak Leng said that given the current sentiment in Malaysian stocks and the ongoing bull run this

DATU ODIN SINSUAT: Maguindanao Sur – Police arrested here Tuesday afternoon an alleged high-value target during a drug buy-bust operation and seized from him suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP6.8 million. Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Sultan Kudarat municipal police station chief, said the suspect, Morsalon Tantong, 31, first transacted with an undercover agent for the trade-off in Barangay Simuay, Sultan Kudarat. ‘However, the suspect moved the transaction venue to Barangay Awang in Datu Odin Sinsuat town at 4 p.m.,’ Madin said in an interview Wednesday. The suspect, who hails from Zamboanga del Sur, did not resist arrest.

MANILA: A lawmaker on Wednesday said the anti-illegal drug campaign under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is more ‘effective and humane’ and has achieved more the desired results without resorting to extra-judicial killings. Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, chairman of the House committee on dangerous drugs, said the shift from bloody to bloodless anti-illegal drug campaign has completely stopped abuses by law enforcers in the enforcement of the law. ‘Ang kampanya laban sa droga nuong nakalipas na panahon ay parang ‘pitik bulag’ na naglikha ng maraming mga naulila na pamilya, na ang mga anak o kampag-anak

TACLOBAN CITY: Two more towns in Eastern Samar have been formally declared completely free from the threats of the New People’s Army (NPA), the Philippine Army said on Wednesday. In a statement on Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the Philippine Army’s 802nd Infantry Brigade, said the declaration led by the town mayors of Hernani and Maydolong marked a significant milestone in the ongoing efforts to maintain peace and stability. ‘With no sightings of armed rebels for several years now, these towns have achieved insurgency-free status and, officially, stable internal peace and security conditions (SIPS),’ Vestuir said. A town

CLARK FREEPORT: A patriotic song calling on Filipinos to unite and defend the interests of the Philippines in the South China Sea was launched recently in Milan. In a statement, Consul General Elmer Cato said the song ‘Pamana’ was written by him together with Kapampangan soprano Ma. Felisa Leigh Jocson and set to music by Baguio-based composer Bing Pablico. ‘The song was written in response to recent troubling developments in the West Philippine Sea and the urgent need for Filipinos to unite and rally behind efforts to protect what is rightfully ours,’ Cato said. The MTV version of ‘Pamana’ recorded