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  With El Niño projected to persist until the end of May 2024 and the specter of La Niña looming, it’s crucial for everyone to take proactive steps to safeguard lives, homes, and communities. In fact, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration has already urged the public to …

United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson found this year’s iteration of largest annual war games between the two countries as the highlight of her career as a diplomat. This year’s Balikatan Exercises, which ran from April 22 to May 2, became memorable for Carlson, particularly when Filipino and …

ILOILO CITY – More than P1-milion worth of suspected shabu was seized by the anti-drug unit of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) in a buy-bust operation in Leganes town, Iloilo province. MORE than P1-million worth of shabu was seized during a May 9 buy-bust operation in Leganes town, Iloilo …

The government is seeking to maximize the country’s abundant mineral resources to utilize its potential for more high-quality job opportunities, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Friday, May 10. Speaking at a forum on the Philippine mining industry, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan highlighted the underutilized but …

DESPITE fraying relations with the patriarch of the Duterte clan, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he would reassemble the UniTeam coalition that swept him and Vice President Sara Duterte to power. The President said this after his Partido Federal ng Pilipinas formalized an alliance with the Lakas-Christian Muslim …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold some arms would not prevent Israel from continuing its offensive in Gaza, indicating it might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally. FILE – Israeli …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the head of the state guards on Thursday, two days after two of its members were accused of plotting to assassinate the president.  State security service says assassinations were to be alleged ‘gift’ for Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the head of the …

Western Canada and the North are expected to face an above-average fire risk in June, federal officials say.  There were fewer wildfires in B.C. and Alberta this spring due to favourable weather. Western Canada and the North are expected to face an above-average fire risk in June, federal officials say. …

Using shields, batons and flashbang explosives, Calgary police officers forcibly removed a group of protesters Thursday night from an encampment set up on the University of Calgary campus.  Police with shields and riot gear forcibly removed some protesters from area. Using shields, batons and flashbang explosives, Calgary police officers forcibly …

Despite Western sanctions meant to curtail energy exports and squeeze its economy, experts say Russia is using its so-called shadow fleet of tankers to make as much as $1 billion a day selling oil, skirting a global price cap and funding its war in Ukraine. Russia is making as much …