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] PBBM marks it as urgent so Senate can pass it before ‘sine die’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. certified as urgent the Senate version of the Maharlika Investment Fund Bill to ensure its passage before Congress adjourns sine die next week. In his letter to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri …

China has ordered the deployment of three navigation beacons around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea after the Philippines earlier placed similar markers. According to China’s Transport Ministry, its South China Sea maritime security center positioned three beacons close to Irving Reef (Balagtas Reef), Whitsun Reef (Julian Felipe …

Image Credit: cnnphilippines.com Five Filipino crew members who went missing after their Chinese vessel sank in the Indian Ocean have been found dead after a week of search and rescue operations, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. Ma. Teresita Daza, DFA spokesperson, said the agency is coordinating with …

Disaster officials on Wednesday warned the public to brace for Typhoon “Mawar” as it may enter the Philippine areas of responsibility on Friday evening or Saturday morning. As of Wednesday Morning, “Mawar” was spotted 2,305 kilometers east of the Visayas with maximum sustained winds of 175 km per hour and …

While the technical issues that plagued the launch of Ron DeSantis’s 2024 Republican presidential bid on Twitter were certainly a poor start to kick off his national campaign, there are by far much more pressing challenges facing the Florida governor.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially launched his presidential campaign. The …

An Alberta election that’s shaping up to be historically close will come down to who’s motivated to vote, who’s disillusioned, and who’s got more fight in them.  A race this close will come down to turnout, campaign muscle and voter motivation (or lack thereof). It’s an election shaping up to …

DEEPEN TIES Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses the China-Russia business forum in east China’s Shanghai on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. XINHUA PHOTO SHANGHAI: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng attended the China-Russia business forum on …

Two of Canada’s biggest lenders revealed quarterly earnings on Wednesday that suggest a gloomier outlook for Canada’s economy, with sharply lower profits and a large jump in the amount of money they’re setting aside to cover bad loans.  Both banks raise quarterly dividend payout despite lower profits. Two of Canada’s …

An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in a widely circulated photo from the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in prison.  Richard (Bigo) Barnett became one of the faces of the …

A Nova Scotia member of Parliament is raising concerns about growing Chinese “influence and control” on the province’s lobster industry supply chain, especially at Halifax Stanfield airport. The airport authority denies the claim, and a major Chinese seafood exporter calls it “kind of racist.”  Exporter calls claims of growing Chinese …