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Photo shows NSC chief Eduardo Año (middle), Cagayan Gov. Marilou Cayco, (left), and PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan (right), cutting the ribbon of the new Coast Guard outpost in Itbayat, Batanes.  The Philippines said Friday it had opened a coast guard post in the country’s far north to boost …

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro (center), Armed Forces chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (left) and Navy chief Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr. lead the celebration of the Philippine Navy’s 126th anniversary at the Navy headquarters in Manila yesterday./Ryan Baldemor  MANILA, Philippines — China’s warning to detain foreign “trespassers” in what it …

Customs  Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio  THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) has installed state-of-the-art scanning machines at key international airports that can check out baggage containing large electronics and liquids, including bombs with minimal human intervention, thus expediting the screening process and enhancing public safety. The new machines, called Rapiscan 920CT …

(Image courtesy of PAGASA) MANILA – More areas in Luzon are placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 as Tropical Depression Aghon continues to maintain its strength as it moves northwestward over the Samar Sea. Based on the 5 a.m. bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services …

Ex-PDEA agent Jonathan Morales./Jesse Bustos  MANILA, Philippines — Jonathan Morales – the dismissed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent who linked President Marcos to drug use – was released from detention in time for the Senate’s session break. Morales and a fellow detained witness, former National Police Commission staff Eric …

THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio Umali, who was facing administrative charges for alleged issuance of illegal quarry permits.  In a three-page ruling, the anti-graft prosecutors said they found sufficient evidence of guilt against Umali who was accused of gross misconduct …

The International Court of Justice ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah — but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire for the enclave. While Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it could ratchet up pressure on the country. …

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a multi-million dollar funding commitment to build a vaccine plant in Montreal to churn out Canadian-made COVID-19 shots by the end of 2020. Four years later, not a single vial of vaccine has rolled off the line.  Four …

Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry ‘unlawful.’  Commissioner claims grocery giants’ lease agreements designed to restrict other potential tenants. Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the …

The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has already killed dozens of people, but the hottest temperatures are yet to come, officials say. The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has killed dozens of people across multiple states. The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has already killed dozens of …