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Men pull a trolley of agricultural products along a street in Manila on May 9, 2024. (AFP / Jam Sta Rosa)  MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economy grew by 5.7% in the first three months of 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The latest economic print is slower than …

This file photo taken April 13, 2022 shows the Supreme Court of the Philippines in Manila. (Philstar.com / Deejae Dumlao)  MANILA, Philippines —  The Supreme Court has granted a petition of writ of amparo for Siegfred Deduro, a former lawmaker from Bayan Muna Partylist after authorities associated him with the …

A TOTAL of 104 assorted Chinese vessels have been monitored in Philippine-held or claimed features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from April 30 to May 6. Based on data provided by Philippine Navy spokesman for the WPS, Commo. Roy Vincent Trinidad, on Tuesday, these vessels were seen in seven …

The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday.  Biden wants Israel to do more to …

The Public Service Alliance of Canada is putting together formal complaints about mandating federal public servants return to offices at least three days a week in September.  PSAC says feds undermining collective agreements with 3-day in-office mandate. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is putting together formal complaints that …

Severe storms were tearing through the central and southeast U.S. late Tuesday and Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail and killing two people in Tennessee and another in North Carolina.  Storms brought hail, tornadoes and destruction to multiple states. Powerful tornado rips down trees in Michigan Severe storms passed …

Antonio Trillanes IV (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines — Two senior officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) are plotting to oust President Marcos to make way for a takeover either by former president Rodrigo Duterte or his daughter Vice President Sara Duterte, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said yesterday. …

Lakas-CMD President and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (3rd from right) shakes hand with his Partido Federal Pilipinas (PFP) counterpart Reynaldo Tamayo, Jr. after signing the document formalizing their alliance on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City. (Courtesy: Office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez)  The …

THE possibility that China will abandon hope of peacefully reuniting with Taiwan is still “more dangerous” to regional and global peace than the continued escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, the head of a US-based maritime transparency project said Monday. The view of retired US Air Force Col. …

The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday.  Biden wants Israel to do more to …