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George Erwin Garcia Chairman, COMELEC (STAR / File) MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing a shorter list of party-list groups participating in the May 2025 elections. Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the poll body wants to cut down the number of groups who would be fielding …

The Supreme Court (SC) has stepped up its efforts to develop the protocol or the procedures in the handling of cases of women in conflict with the law (WICL). Through Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, the SC visited the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) on Mandaluyong City to gather …

The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $95 billion US in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion.  Action on Saturday follows months of …

The overnight attacks, which were confirmed by the Defence Ministry in Moscow, came amid a Russian airstrike campaign that has battered Ukraine’s energy system and pounded its cities in recent weeks.  Kyiv hits fuel depot, power substations as it targets Russia’s energy system in response to ongoing airstrikes. Ukraine attacked …

It appears that Israel has retaliated against Iran for its massive missile attack last weekend, but heeded international calls to avoid escalating the crisis further. Iran says it has no plans to retaliate.  Iran says it has no plans to retaliate after drones, presumably launched by Israel, are shot down. …

A man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former U.S. president Donald Trump is on trial has died, police said. Witnesses to incident say man threw pamphlets in air, then lit himself on fire. A man who doused himself in an …

From the exam-marking trenches to the ivory tower executive suites, Premier Danielle Smith has injected nervousness throughout Alberta’s post-secondary sector. It initially seemed her Bill 18, the Provincial Priorities Act, was intended to make her government play checkstop or gatekeeper whenever the federal government and mayors made deals without provincial …

The federal government announced an increase in capital gains taxes as a way to ensure the wealthiest Canadian pay their fair share. But how exactly do we determine what a “fair share” is? Especially if, as some data suggests, the wealthiest are already paying a larger share of the overall …

Saskatoon police say they will search a specific part of the Saskatoon landfill as part of the investigation into the 2020 disappearance of Mackenzie Lee Trottier. Mackenzie Lee Trottier last seen 4 days before Christmas. Gina Trottier held a supporter’s hand tightly, tears welling in her eyes, as Paul Trottier …

Alex Dulay’s upbringing included having her mom diagnosed with cancer and losing both parents by the time she was 14. “I kind of use that as my motivation to just keep on living, just making them proud,” says the 21-year-old university student.  ‘I kind of use that as my motivation …