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The country’s economic environment failed to lure more foreign investments in the first quarter of this year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The PSA reported Thursday, May 16, that the total approved foreign investments from January to March fell by 63.6 percent to P148.43 billion from P408.22 …

(PNA graphic art by Meyo de Jesus) MANILA – Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Thursday asked her colleagues to support Senate Bill 147, or the Dissolution of Marriage Act, after the House of Representatives passed the Divorce Bill on second reading. In a statement, Hontiveros said it is high …

Photo: Wikipedia  China warned the Philippines that it will bear the consequences for allowing the flotilla of civilian ships to sail over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal purportedly to assert the country’s territorial sovereignty over it. Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, stressed that any abuse to China’s …

FORMER senator Bam Aquino has taken over as chairman of the Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KANP), a political party founded in 2020 as a platform for youth empowerment in the national government. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno, a member of the party, announced Aquino’s new role in a statement. “With …

Palestinians on Wednesday commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” drawing similarities between the mass wartime displacement of 1948 with the “misery” hundreds of thousands of families in Gaza have experienced during latest conflict with Israel.  The Nakba of 2024 is ‘a trillion Nakbas,’ says Ahmed Musleh, 44. …

Police on Wednesday took back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California, Irvine, then cleared a student encampment that stood for more than two weeks, witnesses said.  University officials asked for help because protesters had occupied a lecture hall. Police …

While China and Russia have close economic ties and a shared desire to challenge the West, the relationship is being put to the test as the U.S. dials up the pressure on countries that are helping Russia get around sanctions.  Vladimir Putin will be accompanied by a large entourage on …

A loophole in the House of Commons’ spending rules has allowed MPs travelling to party conventions to bill taxpayers for more than half a million dollars over the past year — even though House of Commons rules normally prohibit MPs from charging expenses linked to partisan political activity.  Commons picked …

Thousands of Fort McMurray residents headed south to safety as a large out-of-control wildfire inched closer to their community, but many are worried they won’t have a home to return to.  Evacuees directed to Cold Lake, Edmonton for accommodation. Thousands of Fort McMurray residents headed south to safety as a …

The annual rate of housing starts in Canada fell slightly by one per cent compared with March 2024, while the number of residential home sales dropped in the same period of time, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.  New housing starts and …