At present’s headlines: Oil costs, electrical energy worth hike, Ted Herbosa
Listed here are in the present day’s headlines – the most recent information within the Philippines and around the globe:
Oil costs leap the best since 2022, amid battle within the Center East. Within the Philippines, Power Secretary Sharon Garin tells a congressional panel that Tuesday’s oil worth hike would be the highest leap in historical past.
Meralco publicizes a rise in electrical energy charges this March. The upper transmission cost was resulting from a 70% enhance in ancillary service prices incurred by the NGCP from the Reserve Market.
The Workplace of the Solicitor Common recordsdata a manifestation with the Supreme Court docket recommending the acquittal of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. of their Duterte-time cyber libel case.
Well being Secretary Ted Herbosa, Undersecretary Glenn Matthew Baggao, and two aides, are dealing with a graft grievance over the alleged rigging of the procurement of cell main care services value P1.8 billion.
Two intelligence businesses within the Netherlands warn that Russian-backed hackers have launched a worldwide cyber marketing campaign concentrating on Sign and WhatsApp accounts utilized by officers, army personnel, and journalists. – Rappler.com
