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Two of Canada’s biggest lenders revealed quarterly earnings on Wednesday that suggest a gloomier outlook for Canada’s economy, with sharply lower profits and a large jump in the amount of money they’re setting aside to cover bad loans.  Both banks raise quarterly dividend payout despite lower profits. Two of Canada’s …

Former President Rodrigo Duterte as the anti-drug czar? Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, Duterte’s erstwhile longtime assistant, broached the idea to Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. on Tuesday during a Senate hearing on the multimillion-peso shabu drug haul last year. “If ever…. it’s the prerogative of the President …

As 3 more murder suspects in Degamo case recant testimonies Congress will decide next week what sanctions to impose on Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., who has refused to return to the country to face murder charges, even as three suspects in the killing of Gov. Roel Degamo recanted …

SUGAR PROBE. Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban (right) is joined by NEDA Director-General Arsenio Balisacan and Executive Secretart Lucas Bersamin (left) during a Senate probe on the sugar importation order. Lino Santos  Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban on Tuesday told a Senate hearing that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the …

BIGGEST POLITICAL PARTY IN CONGRESS. Speaker Martin Romualdez is joined by former President and Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in swearing in new members of Lakas-CMD. Ver Noveno  Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, president of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD), on Tuesday administered the oath to 19 new party members. “We welcome …

The Philippines and the United Kingdom will develop a refreshed Joint Action Plan on Trade, Investment, and Economic Cooperation for 2023 to 2024, as both partners agreed to pursue efforts, including improving ease of doing business in the Philippines, to further promote bilateral economic cooperation that will drive inclusive growth …

Amid the looming threat of El Niño, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is hoping that rains in the coming months will help replenish the Angat Dam reservoir, which is Metro Manila’s primary source of water supply. “From June to August, mas mataas ang probability of having …

DESPITE being a super typhoon, “Mawar” (international name), which will be renamed “Betty” once inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), remains unlikely to make landfall but may trigger the southwest monsoon or “habagat.”  Weather specialist Obet Badrina of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on …

Senate Bill 2221 or the ‘Act Providing for the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers’ has removed the escrow provision. FILE PHOTO  A BLEAK future of unemployment for Filipino seafarers continues to worsen as shipowners and international maritime employers decided to “look elsewhere” to finally save themselves from millions of dollars …

Five more police officers were cited for contempt on Tuesday at a Senate hearing on a suspicious P6.7 billion drug bust in Manila last year, leading the panel’s chairman, Senator Ronald dela Rosa to fall to his knees and beg cops to tell the truth. “I am kneeling before you. …