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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the Tarlac- Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) extension project, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan announced Friday. Marcos, who heads the NEDA board, greenlit the project in a meeting with Balisacan and its other members in Malacañang. At a Palace press …

Party-list group Bayan Muna on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to partially reconsider its December 2021 decision which barred water consumers from demanding a refund for the income tax collected from them by Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Company, Inc. This was despite an SC ruling that the …

Fending off a default, the U.S. Senate has given final approval to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.   Deal shelves volatile …

Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the killing of radio broadcaster Cresenciano Bunduquin in Oriental Mindoro last Wednesday, May 31. “We’re asking the NBI to look into it, this killing, because we want to know the motives,” Remulla said in a press conference …

U.S. Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former president Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified Pentagon document related to a potential attack on Iran, according to media reports.  July 2021 recording concerns Pentagon document on Iran, per …

MIES (Switzerland) — The FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 has been confirmed with Yao Ming, Wlamir Marques, Penny Taylor and Carlos Loyzaga being just some of the stellar names who will be honored this year. The inductees are to be enshrined at a prestigious ceremony in Manila, Philippines, …

Receives support from Eridanus Marketing Corporation International Competition Two teams of students from Santa Rosa, Laguna, emerged victorious at the Freestyle Innovative Category at the 11th Robotics Championship International Competition. They say that it takes a village to raise a child. This is also true in nurturing the talents and …

As Canadian provinces mark pride month in June and August, the pride flag and versions of it have been at the centre of recent debates surrounding LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools. Students in the community say flying the flag is a gesture of support that makes them feel safe.  There is …

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Residents whose homes have been damaged or destroyed in a wildfire that continues to burn outside Halifax will get the chance to see their properties today on a bus tour of the affected areas.  Bus tour to view damaged homes in Upper Tantallon, Hammonds Plains, Pockwock. Emergency officials provide update …