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Photo from Sen. Risa Hontiveros Facebook page  The Senate investigation into Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s links to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) activities in Tarlac is not an attack on the Filipino-Chinese community, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros. The senator said this was contrary to the statement of civic …

This photo shows a picture of PCOS Machines. (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has required the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to comment in the petition seeking to annul the  P17.9 billion contract awarded to the South Korea-based election service provider Miru Systems for the 2025 …

This file photo shows a vote-counting machine used by the Commission on Elections. (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines — The purchase of new vote-counting machines (VCMs) to be used in the May 2025 midterm elections was not the sole decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). “It is not just …

STABLE SUPPLY. The supply of vegetables remains stable after Typhoon Aghon, Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations U-Nichols Manalo says during an ambush interview in Quezon City on Monday (May 27, 2024). He said strict monitoring is being conducted to protect consumers from unscrupulous vendors. (PNA photo by Stephanie Sevillano) MANILA …

More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk few survivors will be found.  United Nations agency previously put death …

Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said at least 35 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Israel Defence Forces said it struck a Hamas compound in Rafah and that it was carried out with “precise ammunition and on the …

Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change. Rosa Galvez says financial sector needs to be more strongly regulated. Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change. More …

Poll suggests the premier isn’t getting blamed for housing crisis or higher cost of living, but health care and municipal relations have emerged as liabilities What is driving disapproval of UCP? Health care and city relations, poll shows. EDITOR’S NOTE: CBC News commissioned this public opinion research in April, leading …

FRANKFURT, Germany — Finance officials from the Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies said they had moved toward agreement on a US proposal to squeeze more money for Ukraine from Russian assets frozen in their countries. But the ministers left a final deal to be worked out ahead of a …

The Food Banks Canada report usefully focuses political attention on a segment of the population that badly needs it. That presents an immediate challenge for the Liberal government — but the Conservatives are also challenged to explain exactly how they’d do things differently. The Conservatives are using the report to …