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STAYING IN STEP. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. walks with Philippine Navy officers and some Cabinet members as they attend its 125th anniversary celebration and commissioning of patrol gun boats at the PN headquarters on Roxas Boulevard on Friday. Rolando Mailo  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday that his …

At a Glance Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman says the government still has some P18.3 billion in calamity funds that can be used for various disaster relief operations. Pangandaman says identified frontline government agencies may also mobilize their Quick Response Fund (QRF) allocated in their respective budgets. Further, after the typhoon, …

SUPER typhoon “”Mawar (local name Betty) slightly weakened as it continued to approach the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau reported late Friday night. As of 10 p.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the center of the eye of Mawar was estimated …

Cagayan, Batanes brace for ‘Betty,’ typhoon in PAR until Wednesday READY FOR ‘BETTY’. A fishermen in Parañaque City lashes his boat to a bamboo raft to prepare for the coming of Super Typhoon Mawar or Betty, which showed a fearsome eye in photographs by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on …

Almost a decade ago, the notion of a conflict between the United States and its allies on one side and China on the other was described as the “unthinkable war” by major foreign policy and defence observers. Lately, it’s become clear that those same experts are thinking through the unthinkable.  …

Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Stephen Guilbeault is urging regulators in Atlantic Canada to consider oil industry profits before approving any fuel price increases to pay for the new clean fuel regulations coming into effect July 1. Clean fuel regulations require gas and diesel suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas …

A British coroner on Friday urged police to wrap up their investigation into a 2021 suicide, amid authorities’ renewed scrutiny of an Ontario man’s controversial website. Kenneth Law, of Mississauga, Ont., is accused of selling a toxic substance online to at-risk individuals in multiple countries.  Coroner’s inquest probing student’s 2021 …

Jen Nierva UAAP PHOTO  Jen Nierva joined the Chery Tiggo Crossovers, the team announced on its social media pages on Saturday, May 27. “Player #19, our new libero,” captioned Chery Tiggo in its video post. As it turned out, Nierva is the second player to the left in the five …

ALARMING Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a Senate Appropriations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on May 16, 2023. Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, expressed concern on Thursday, May 25, 2023, about policies of each other’s governments following Chinese raids on consulting firms and US curbs …

    The Cebuana Lhuillier-backed Philippine team bagged the silver medal after bowing to unbeaten Chinese-Taipei, 8-2, in the championship match of the Co-ed Slow-Pitch Softball Asia Cup on Saturday, May 27, in Pattaya, Thailand. Three World Cup slots are at stake in the tournament and the Philippines, by virtue …