Rizal Park, Manila (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. urged Filipinos to join the government in celebrating the 126th Independence Day as he highlighted a series of activities to mark the commemoration on June 10 to 12. In a video message posted on social …
Read More »Porac POGO hub likely involved in love scams
This undated handout photograph received from Philippines’ Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on March 14, 2024 shows a police officer (front, center) talking to foreign nationals after a raid in a 10-hectare (25-acre) complex of buildings in Bamban town of Tarlac province, north of Manila. Hundreds of people forced to …
Read More »Kanlaon Volcano downstream communities hit by another lahar
Roads in La Castellana, Negros Occidental are rendered impassable on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 as rains spawned widespread lahar flow in the aftermath of the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. (Photos courtesy of Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park/via Tara Yap) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday, June 7, …
Read More »PBBM to gov’t agencies: Support 2024 National ICT Summit
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has called on government agencies to take part in and support the 2024 National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Summit of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The DICT, in partnership with the private sector, will …
Read More »‘Actions vs PH threat to global security’
Sweden’s defense chief has expressed alarm over Beijing’s repeated dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, saying such actions threaten global security, undermine stability and underscore the need to invest “for our security and freedom.” Defense Minister Pål Jonson spoke Thursday night in a diplomatic reception in …
Read More »Boeing’s Starliner capsule docks with ISS after facing thruster issues
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore docked with the International Space Station after dealing with helium leaks and missing the 12:15 p.m. ET docking opportunity. Spacecraft launched with a known helium leak on Wednesday. Boeing’s new Starliner capsule and its inaugural two-member NASA crew safely docked with the International Space …
Read More »Americans are split over the Trump verdict. So are New York’s criminal law professors
The landmark criminal conviction of Donald Trump hasn’t just divided U.S. voters, or the partisan political pundits. There are real disagreements in law faculties about this case. These were the reactions when CBC News reached out to two-dozen criminal-law professors in New York State. Here’s what happens when you ask …
Read More »40 years ago, a Sikh holy place in Punjab was the site of a bloody siege. The scars it left are still raw
Solemn prayers and speeches rang out this week inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of sites in the Sikh religion, as the northern state of Punjab marked the 40th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, a deadly Indian military operation. Ceremonies mark India’s storming of the Golden Temple and …
Read More »The head of the UN says oil and gas ads should be banned. Where does Canada stand?
The head of the United Nations this week called for the end of fossil fuel advertising — an international twist on an existing domestic fight. Alberta’s environment minister defends the oil and gas industry’s record. The head of the United Nations this week called for the end of fossil fuel …
Read More »A report claims certain parliamentarians colluded with foreign states — could they be charged?
Some parliamentarians were accused this week of conspiring with foreign governments, but their exact numbers and their identities remain a mystery to the public — and to many of their colleagues. Stunning allegations triggered outrage and distrust on Parliament Hill — but what can be done? Some parliamentarians were accused …
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