Grizzlies get their bearings after emerging from winter slumber

Even with the heavy snowfall that just hit southern Alberta, it’s still springtime, and some well-known bears across the Canadian Rockies are emerging from hibernation.  Experts say large males are the grizzlies that typically emerge from torpor first. Even with the heavy snowfall that hit southern Alberta this week, it’s …

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China’s Xi calls for closer US trade ties

BEIJING: China's leader Xi Jinping called for closer trade ties with the United States during a meeting on Wednesday with top American business leaders in Beijing that came amid a steady improvement in relations that had sunk to the lowest level in years. Xi emphasized the mutually beneficial economic ties …

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Give it to Gibo

Among the measures proposed to ease the ongoing tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the most sensible comes from no less than the Defense Secretary himself. Gilberto Teodoro, now on his second stint as Defense Secretary, recently made headlines with his daring proposition to Beijing: to submit their territorial …

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Bully’s 3 wars

While the intensity of the sea skirmishes has increased, an armed conflict is not likely as China is making a calculated move using gray zone tactics in asserting its illegal claim on the West Philippine Sea. Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who has been at the forefront of the …

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House prices up 6.5% in Q4 2023 — BSP

Residential real estate prices across all types of housing units increased by 6.5 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the latest Residential Real Estate Price Index (RREPI) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The fourth quarter 2023 house prices however was lower than the 12.9 …

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