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(Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) $600m OFW remittances at stake over deployment ban counter-move The Philippines stands to lose about $600 million (about P33.5 billion) in remittances by its overseas workers in Kuwait annually after the Middle Eastern state imposed an entry ban on all Filipinos, except those with …

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin on his first visit to the country since Russia invaded Ukraine.  Germany one of the biggest suppliers of arms to Ukraine. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin on his first …

Labour lawyers say joint union-employer panels created to handle remote work complaints don’t have a clear solution for when a public servant is unhappy with their arrangement.  A letter of agreement on telework, negotiated between the government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in bargaining that recently ended …

Ejection of a Chinese diplomat who interfered in Canada’s internal affairs has led to a tit for tat expulsion. It’s only the latest skid toward “global fragmentation” that economists fear will damage trade and impede cooperation on important issues including climate and artificial intelligence.  Cold War effect could slow the …

Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing as a severe cyclone hits coastal areas and authorities urge thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter.  Cyclone could cause severe damage to lives and property, officials warn. Bangladesh and Myanmar braced Sunday as a severe cyclone started to hit coastal areas and …

Ukrainian troops are advancing in two directions in the eastern city of Bakhmut but the situation in the city centre is more complicated, deputy defence minister Hanna Malyar said on Saturday.  Russia has acknowledged its forces have fallen back north of city in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian troops are advancing in …

TWO CASES DOWN. Detained former Senator Leila De Lima leaves the Regional Trial Court in Muntinlupa City on Friday ter attending the hearing on one of the remaining illegal drugs charges against her, in which she was acquitted. (Danny Pata)  A Muntinlupa City court has acquitted detained former senator Leila …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the human trafficking scourge in the country eradicated, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Friday. This developed as at least six Filipinos who fell victim to a human trafficking scheme in Myanmar have returned to the Philippines, after being tortured and forced to pay up …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has the power to appoint to his Cabinet candidates who lost in the national and local elections in May last year, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Friday. The President on Tuesday confirmed he was planning a reorganization of his Cabinet after the constitutional ban on …

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome on Saturday for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who has said the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia.  The pontiff, who makes pleas on behalf of Ukraine’s ‘martyred’ people, last …