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Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday questioned how the Office of the Vice President spent P125 million in confidential funds in 11 days in 2022 as she compared it to the Philippine Coast Guard’s P117 million confidential budget spread over 17 years. “Our Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea monitors …

At a Glance The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will “submit to the wisdom and discretion of Congress” when it comes to the House of Representatives’ intention to reallocate confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. Vice President Sara Duterte (rightmost, bottom row, …

THE Philippines and its allies, led by the United States, will hold naval exercises starting next week in Southern Luzon, the military said on Wednesday. Dubbed “Samasama,” the drills will run from Oct. 2-Oct. 13, 2023 at the Naval Forces Southern Luzon (NFSL) Area of Operations. Lt. Col. Enrico Ileto, …

A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.  Ruling in civil lawsuit comes days before start of fraud trial Trump sought to delay. A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud …

A judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s request that she step aside from the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, rejecting arguments that she has shown bias against him.  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejects arguments she has shown …

The idea that fossil fuels are largely responsible for climate change made its way through New York City last week, as the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Climate Ambition Summit and NYC Climate Week collectively drew in thousands of participants. But it wasn’t only written on protest placards.  Fossil …

FRANKFURT: The head of the European Central Bank said on Monday that interest rates will stay high enough to restrict business activity for “as long as necessary” to beat back inflation. Still, she sympathized with homeowners who have seen their mortgage payments jump. Christine Lagarde said rates would stay high …

The federal NDP and the Bloc Québécois are calling on the Trudeau government to impose sanctions on Azerbaijan in response to its military incursion into Nagorno Karabakh last week — an event that has driven close to 30,000 of the disputed enclave’s ethnic Armenians to neighbouring Armenia.  ‘Everything is on …

B.C. Premier David Eby says that he will stand up for his province if an Alberta-only pension plan goes ahead. “If [Alberta Premier Danielle Smith] presses on in this direction, B.C. will absolutely be at the table to make sure that [the plan] doesn’t come at the expense of British …

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, charging the online retailer with harming consumers through higher prices in the latest U.S. government legal action aimed at breaking Big Tech’s dominance of the internet.  Amazon.com accused by FTC of deceptive practices, favouritism and ‘unlawful …