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A distillery known for vodka distilled from milk byproduct has partnered with a U.S. dairy producer who will use the eastern Ontario company’s process to produce eight million litres of ethanol fuel that is better for the environment.  Ethanol made from milk seen as a way to offset carbon. A …

Quebec’s boreal forest is not suited to frequent devastating fires, experts warn, and the current blazes could damage the delicate “mosaic” of the habitat.  If fires last through summer it ‘may take years for habitat to recover’ says biologist. Biologist Steeve Côté has seen forest fires engulf parts of the …

Original Eat Bulaga hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon. PHOTO FROM TVJ FACEBOOK PAGE THE original “Eat Bulaga” trio of former senate president Vicente “Tito” Sotto 3rd, Vic Sotto, and Joey De Leon have moved networks. An announcement by Mediaquest Holdings Inc. on Wednesday confirmed the move …

Government spending is vital to national growth. It is one of the four components of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The other three are consumer spending, business investment, and net exports. In the past two years, Statista reports that the ratio of government expenditure to GDP in the past three years …

MUCH has been made of the Philippines’ “demographic dividend,” its young and growing population, in recent years, but strategies and policies to maximize this assumed advantage have tended to be long on self-congratulations and short on actionable details. A recent analysis by The Economist, however, should compel our policymakers to …

Senators stood firm on their position that state-run pension and insurance institutions are absolutely prohibited from investing in the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III admonished Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno for his “play on words” when he claimed the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social …

OTTAWA on Wednesday said eligible Filipinos now qualify for “visa-free” travel to Canada under its electronic travel authorization (eTA) program. The Canadian Embassy in the Philippines said the decision will support Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, which aims to strengthen relations and invest in people-to-people ties between Canada and the Indo-Pacific region, …

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Tuesday lauded the appointment by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of Gilberto Teodoro Jr. as Defense secretary and Dr. Teodoro Herbosa as Health secretary. “They are welcome additions to the President’s immediate official family. Their wealth of experience and knowledge in defense and health strengthen …

Newly appointed Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa assured on Wednesday, June 7, that he will prioritize the issuance of the “delayed” Covid-19 benefits and allowances for healthcare workers (HCWs). Photo courtesy of Ted Herbosa In a Twitter post, government-run station PTV4 quoted Herbosa saying that he will …

THE World Bank raised its 2023 growth forecast for the Philippines to 6.0 percent from 5.6 percent, citing strong domestic demand The Washington-based multilateral organization still expects a slowdown to follow, keeping its projections for 2024 and 2025 at 5.9 percent, figures released on Wednesday showed. “Despite weak external conditions, …