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Chinese personnel onboard two RHIBs rush to take a food package airdropped by personnel of the AFP onboard two smaller rubber boats during a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal on May 19, 2024. (Photo by AFP)  A total of 146 Chinese vessels have been monitored in the West Philippine Sea …

SAYING it will not affect strong and happy families, the chief of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) declared on Monday her support to legalize absolute divorce in the Philippines as this would be the answer for “thousands or even millions of Filipinos who are suffering from dysfunctional or broken families.” …

EXPELLED Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves, facing murder charges in the Philippines, has been released from preventive detention in Becora Prison in the capital city of Dili in East Timor, his lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said Monday. “The request for extradition by the Philippine Government was made out of time and …

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its 2024 Philippine growth forecast, but the expansion will still be an improvement from last year with consumption, investments, and exports expected to rise. The outlook was revised to 6.0 percent, down from 6.2 percent previously, but is still within the government’s downwardly …

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the federal government will support a push from the opposition parties to have the public inquiry probing foreign election interference to take on shocking new claims that some parliamentarians have “wittingly” conspired with foreign governments.  NSICOP report suggests some MPs have helped foreign actors …

A ransomware attack disrupted several London hospitals’ ability to match patients to their correct blood type, leading to an urgent call for O positive and negative donors. The incident underlines the severity of the ransomware epidemic. National Health Service urgently seeks blood donors after transfusions disrupted. The National Health Service …

Mayor Jyoti Gondek apologized to Calgary residents Sunday morning, calling the city’s efforts to communicate information about the ongoing feeder water main break “slow to come,” and “confusing at times.”  ‘Going forward, we will do a much better job,’ says Jyoti Gondek. Mayor Jyoti Gondek apologized to Calgary residents Sunday …

Canada’s leading research universities warn that a proposed foreign influence transparency registry could have an unintended “chilling effect” on international partnerships, meaning Canada misses out on cutting-edge opportunities.  Registry is key feature of proposed anti-foreign interference bill. Canada’s leading research universities warn that a proposed foreign influence transparency registry could …

The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a ceasefire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.  Israel, Hamas urged ‘to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.’ The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved its first …

France’s finance minister said on Monday that the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron after a bruising loss to the far right in European Parliament elections would be the most consequential legislative vote in the republic’s history.  Macron could be ceding domestic agenda until 2027 if National Rally sustain …