96-year-old breaks world record at Ottawa Race Weekend

UPDATE: On Saturday, Réjeanne Fairhead broke the world record in the women’s 95-99 age category by more than three minutes, finishing with a time of 51:09.01. Last May, Réjeanne Fairhead laced her Keds and started walking. Fifty-eight minutes and 52 seconds later, she crossed the five-kilometre finish line at the …

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President Marcos ramps up e-governance for towns and cities

E-governance first made its presence felt in key national government offices that serve a broad sector of Philippine society — the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Government Service Insurance System, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Customs, Social Security System, Land Transportation Office, and National Telecommunications Commission. For several years now, …

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After six years, Marawi still trying to get back on its feet

PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO ON May 23, 2017, what the military planned as a “surgical operation” to capture Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon in Marawi City escalated into a five-month-long battle that has changed the once-tranquil lakeside capital of Lanao del Sur. By the time then-president Rodrigo Duterte declared the “liberation” …

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Kuwait suspends all new visas for Pinoys

Photo Credit: TimesKuwait Reacting to lawmakers’ call for a total deployment ban to Kuwait, Mr. Marcos expressed opposition to the idea, saying he does not want to “burn any bridges” with the Arab nation. “Well, will we impose a ban? Me, I’m never very comfortable to impose a ban because …

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2 new gunboats to bolster WPS patrols

SEA ASSET President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. boards one of two new gunboats the Philippines has acquired from Israel and which, among others, will be part of naval patrol operations in the West Philippine Sea. Marcos commissioned the BRP Gener Tinangag and BRP Domingo Deluana on Friday, May 26, 2023, the …

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Most Filipinos can’t find jobs—SWS

Survey says most Filipino workers find it hard to land a job nowadays. The Social Weather Station (SWS) survey during the first quarter of the year showed that 69 percent of adult Filipinos are having difficulty looking for jobs these days. The SWS study indicated that only 11 percent said …

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