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Leading a major institution requires strength, determination, and drive, but at EastWest Bank, three top leaders demonstrate that they can also approach their fatherly responsibilities with tenderness and compassion. EastWest CEO Jerry Ngo and family  Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Lending Lawrence Lee and his family Jerry Ngo, …

Tyson Hamilton has a 96 average and was president of his high school student council, but the Grade 12 student did not get admitted into business degree programs at the University of Toronto, Queen’s or McMaster.  Long-term trend of higher marks plus pandemic spike sees more top students competing for …

Prominent Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in a car in the busy parking lot of the Guru Nanak temple.  Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, was killed shortly after evening prayers at the Guru Nanak temple ended, say police. The president of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, …

A father and son from Pakistan are now among the people confirmed to be on board the missing Titan submersible.  3 passengers identified so far, 2 remain unconfirmed. As rescue crews race against the clock to find a missing submersible in the North Atlantic Ocean, media outlets around the world …

When whales wash ashore, it might be people’s first instinct to help push them back in the water. It is the wrong course of action, says an official with the Nova Scotia-based Marine Animal Response Society.  Expert says people could cause harm if they try to push whales back into …

Search teams detected underwater sounds while scanning the North Atlantic for a tourist submersible that vanished with five people aboard during a deep-sea voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said early on Wednesday. Search operations diverted to area but still no sign of missing …

One week after the world first learned the Titan submersible had gone missing on its way to the Titanic wreckage, investigators are beginning the search for answers about how and why it imploded. 'The debris field itself tells a story,' says CEO of Underwater Forensic Investigators Titan submersible: what we …

If the Titan submersible is still intact, oxygen is expected to run out on Thursday morning. Coast Guard delivered no updates overnight into Thursday There were no updates in the search for the missing submersible Titan overnight into Thursday morning — a stark quietness as the 96-hour window for a …

Today, June 19, 2023, marks the 162nd anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal’s birth. We not only commemorate his life but also his legacy in various fields such as literature, arts, medicine, and philosophy. He is, after all, widely regarded as the “greatest Malayan who ever lived.” It is disheartening that …

The Marcos administration has proposed a major overhaul of the pension system for military and uniformed personnel or MUP. The plan, which is still in its early stages, would require the MUP to contribute to their retirement fund, increase the retirement age, and remove automatic indexation of pensions to the …