The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sends hot meals to families affected by Mt. Kanlaon eruption in Negros Occidental. PRC chairman and CEO former senator Richard Gordon underscores the need to provide nutritious, warm food to the evacuees.HOT MEALS FOR VOLCANO EVACUEES. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sends hot meals to …
Read More »Philippines temporarily halts entry of poultry products from Australia due to avian flu
The Department of Agriculture (DA) temporarily banned the importation of domestic and wild birds from Australia following outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strains H7N3 and H7N9 in Victoria. The outbreaks were reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) on May 23, 2024, in Meredith and on …
Read More »Another Monetary Board member quits
Anita Linda Aquino MANILA, Philippines — Another member of the Monetary Board (MB), the highest policy-making arm of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has resigned amid the controversy over ghost employees in the BSP. Former banker Anita Linda Aquino submitted recently her resignation letter to President Marcos, a ranking BSP …
Read More »6 fishermen die as boat explodes
AT least six fishermen were killed when an explosion and a fire hit their boat at sea off the coast of the City of Naga, Cebu, coast guard officials said Thursday, adding six others were rescued. Surviving crew members, including the skipper of the FBCA King Bryan were still being …
Read More »Israel says strike on UN Gaza school killed 17 militants
Israel’s army said on Friday it had killed 17 militants the day before in an air strike on a UN school in central Gaza, raising its previous toll from nine. Thursday’s Israeli strike hit a school operated by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, in the Nuseirat area of …
Read More »Union for Canada’s border workers extends job action deadline as mediation continues
Workers at ports of entry across Canada will go about business as usual over the coming days. A strike and any job action were averted by the 4 p.m. ET Friday deadline as union leadership and the government have extended mediation until Wednesday. CIU had set deadline of 4 p.m. …
Read More »As the survivors fade into history, the world marks a D-Day anniversary like no other
The annual gathering of western leaders in Normandy is always steeped in symbolism — an occasion for the nations whose troops stormed these beaches eight decades ago to reflect on wars both past and present. The number of veterans who remember the operation that turned the tide grows smaller each …
Read More »Danish PM assaulted in Copenhagen, suspect arrested
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday. Copenhagen police confirmed on X that one person was arrested in the case. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a …
Read More »Life’s tough. Will the interest rate cut help?
The Bank of Canada has cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percent, the first such cut since 2020. But is it going to make life in Canada any more affordable? An interest rate cut of a quarter of a percent might not sound like much. But …
Read More »‘This is why we need Pride,’ Manitoba region’s Pride president says after food truck receives vandalism threats
Three food trucks have withdrawn from participating in Pride events in a town in southern Manitoba after receiving threats of vandalism, the president of Pembina Valley Pride says. 3 food trucks have withdrawn from participating in Pride events in Altona this weekend. WARNING: This file contains descriptions of homophobia. Three …
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