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Just moments after the buzzer sounded on the Philippines’ victory over China in its final outing in the FIBA World Cup, social media came alive with raucous chatter, shares, and comments about how the Gilas team was able to get some measure of revenge from the alleged abuses committed by …

DTI, DILG, DA vow stringent market monitoring The Departments of Trade and Industry, Local Government, and Agriculture will work together to strictly enforce the new price ceilings on rice in local markets as ordered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., their leaders said Saturday. Trade Secretary Fred Pascual emphasized that to …

Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri led fellow senators in cheering for Team Philippines and rejoiced with the country after Gilas Pilipinas’ “convincing” 96-75 victory over China’s basketball team during their FIBA World Cup match Saturday. “This was the most important game of all. For our pride and for our …

The mysterious development consultant who Ontario’s integrity commissioner identified only as “Mr. X” in a scathing report about the removal of land from the Greenbelt has been identified to CBC News as former Clarington, Ont., mayor John Mutton.  John Mutton denies he is Mr. X, telling Toronto Star he has …

Western University immersion program has been running in Trois-Pistoles, Que., since 1932 but the pandemic and inflationary pressures have seen it lose more than half its host families.  Paid little to house and feed immersion students, families have been pulling out. Marie-France Santerre has been hosting students in her home …

A delayed reaction by the US to the new Chinese propaganda offensive may prove fatal to the region. China’s release of a new map expanding its maritime area within a “10-dash line” that includes the West Philippine Sea has been condemned by the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei, and Vietnam. Conspicuously …

Although it was an unwanted public health emergency that left a deep scar in our national consciousness, the Covid-19 pandemic may be seen in a more positive light for instilling in the minds of our leaders and the general public the importance of an adequate and reliable food supply chain. …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government will defend the country’s sovereignty, following China’s release of an official map that marks the West Philippine Sea as part of its territory. “We received the news that now the nine-dash line has been extended to the ten-dash line. We …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo as his special envoy for overseas Filipino concerns. The Presidential Communications Office announced the appointment of Manalo and other government officials in a Facebook post on Saturday. Manalo, the eldest son of the late INC executive …

THE government’s anti-insurgency task force is open to suggestions from the Catholic Church in adopting “moral and ethical approaches in addressing communist insurgency,” President Ferdinand Marcos’ security adviser said on Saturday. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Screengrab from RTVM  At the same time, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año welcomed the …