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SHOWCASING PH ECONOMY. The economic team, led by Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno (third from left), holds the seventh Philippine Economic Briefing in Singapore on June 15, 2023 at the Fullerton Hotel to showcase the country’s robust growth and new investment opportunities. Other members of the economic team who attended the …

Pope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring, with his surgeon saying the pontiff is now “better than before” the hospitalization.  Surgeon says Francis is ‘better than before’ following surgery to repair …

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Thursday the Correctional Service Canada’s decision to transfer convicted murderer Paul Bernardo to a prison with fewer restrictions “does not sit well” with Canadians — but he stopped short of saying he would attempt to force the agency to reverse course in the face …

Manitoba RCMP are turning to their Saskatchewan counterparts for help in investigating a mass casualty crash near Carberry, Man. — which is being compared to the Humboldt Broncos tragedy in 2018.  ‘We need to get everything right’: Manitoba RCMP superintendent. Manitoba RCMP are turning to their Saskatchewan counterparts for help …

Canada is paying a big price for Volkswagen to build its first electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in St Thomas, Ont., critics say. But supporters of the project say it’s about more than just numbers on a spread sheet.  Are we getting value for our money? It depends on …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Wholesale prices in the United States dropped 0.3 percent from April to May, another sign that inflationary pressures continue to ease in the face of repeated interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve (Fed). The Labor Department’s producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers …

“Walang gutom”  —  no one hungry  —  is the name of this new food stamp program introduced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that aims to provide nutritious food access to one million food-poor Filipinos across the country. This program’s pilot and full implementation garnered the approval …

Image Credit: orfonline.org EVER since the signing of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, one of that global accord’s most important provisions, the funding of the climate adaptation needs of vulnerable countries by the developed world responsible for the greatest part of planet-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has proven …

The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Southeast Asia was shot dead while resisting arrest, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported Wednesday Western Mindanao Command Chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido said Faharudin Hadji Benito Satar a.k.a. Abu Zacharia was killed in a 10-minute gunfight …

The Department of the Interior and Local Government is looking into the possibility that a powerful syndicate inside the police force was behind the P6.7 billion drug bust in Tondo, Manila eight months ago. DILG secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said this group could be the reason investigators find it difficult …