The participating Filipino Films at Marché du Film 2023, the business arm of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is leading the Philippine delegation to Marché du Film 2023, the business arm of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, which opens today, May 16, …
Read More »Inflation rate unexpectedly increased in April, jumping up to 4.4%
Canada’s inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate. Increased from March’s 4.3 per cent annual pace. Canada’s inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate. Economists had been expecting …
Read More »Star-studded Sari-Sari Store Negosyo Convention all set
Brilliant star power is set to light up Puregold’s upcoming Tindahan ni Aling Puring Convention on May 18, 19, and 20, with a posse of entertainment celebrities expected to show up at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. Jane de Leon Yassi Pressman David Licauco Yukii Takahashi Wilbert Ross …
Read More »Lovely Inan turns the corner: From collecting scrap to SEA Games champ
Lovely Inan AFP PHOTO Three days after competing in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in South Korea, Lovely Inan, together with the rest of the Philippine weightlifting team, went straight to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to compete in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. “Pagod po (I’m tired),” this was Inan’s reply to …
Read More »PH tracksters produce 2 SEAG records
Ernest John Obiena PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO PHNOM PENH: The Philippine athletics team may have failed to match its five-gold medal haul in Vietnam last year, but still is a successful campaign with four golds and two Southeast Asian Games records shattered, according to national team coach Jojo Posadas. Led by …
Read More »The Weeknd starts scrapping stage name on social media
The Weeknd — Abel Tesfaye Official Instagram Photo NEW YORK: The Weeknd appears to be making good on his recently expressed desire to transition back to his given name, Abel Tesfaye, after soaring to stardom under his globally known stage moniker. On Monday the Canadian artist behind the smash “Blinding …
Read More »Canada has some of the highest teen vaping rates in the world, new data shows
New national data shows the number of Canadian teenagers regularly using e-cigarettes ranks among the highest in the world, and experts say a lack of action from the federal government and the widespread availability of flavoured vapes is fuelling a growing crisis. Almost 1 in 4 older Canadian high school …
Read More »Winnipeg school’s Pride flag stolen days after LGBT, Indigenous books taken from teacher’s classroom
A Winnipeg school was left shaken after its Pride flag was stolen just days after several books that covered LGBT and Indigenous themes were taken from a teacher’s classroom. Whoever took flag also left anonymous note ‘full of hate’ at Riverbend Community School, principal says. A Winnipeg school was left …
Read More »ER physicians’ letter describes ‘crisis’ at B.C. hospital that’s leaving patients suffering
Dozens of physicians at the busiest emergency room in B.C. have released a scathing letter describing an unrelenting “crisis” at the department due to ongoing overcrowding and understaffing. Letter says physicians speaking out about overcrowding, understaffing after health-care leaders would not. Dozens of physicians working inside the busiest emergency room …
Read More »‘A really very big deal for us’: 3 Mi’kmaw First Nations excited about moderate livelihood fisheries
Three Mi’kmaw communities are celebrating their dramatically increased roles in the lobster fishery around Cape Breton Island this spring. Potlotek, We’koqma’q and Eskasoni are sharing 4,600 lobster traps around Cape Breton. Three Mi’kmaw communities are celebrating their dramatically increased roles in the lobster fishery around Cape Breton Island this spring. …
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