President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (Presidential Communications Office photo) MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. dismissed the allegations made against him by former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent Jonathan Morales, whom he branded as a “professional liar“. In a media interview during the distribution of government assistance for El Niño-hit Filipinos in …
Read More »NEDA: Mining offers potential for high-quality jobs
The government is seeking to maximize the country’s abundant mineral resources to utilize its potential for more high-quality job opportunities, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Friday, May 10. Speaking at a forum on the Philippine mining industry, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan highlighted the underutilized but …
Read More »PMA Class of 2024 vows to defend territory anytime
Philippine Military Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Rowen Tolentino (PNA photo by Liza Agoot) FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City — Cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) who will become junior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines by May 18 vowed to defend the country anytime. Cadet Miguel Ponce Abesamis from …
Read More »Marcos party, Lakas-CMD to field common Senate slate
DESPITE fraying relations with the patriarch of the Duterte clan, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he would reassemble the UniTeam coalition that swept him and Vice President Sara Duterte to power. The President said this after his Partido Federal ng Pilipinas formalized an alliance with the Lakas-Christian Muslim …
Read More »Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its ‘fingernails’ if needed
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold some arms would not prevent Israel from continuing its offensive in Gaza, indicating it might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally. FILE – Israeli …
Read More »Zelenskyy fires head of Ukraine’s state guards in wake of foiled assassination plot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the head of the state guards on Thursday, two days after two of its members were accused of plotting to assassinate the president. State security service says assassinations were to be alleged ‘gift’ for Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the head of the …
Read More »Western Canada and the North face an above average wildfire risk in June, federal officials say
Western Canada and the North are expected to face an above-average fire risk in June, federal officials say. There were fewer wildfires in B.C. and Alberta this spring due to favourable weather. Western Canada and the North are expected to face an above-average fire risk in June, federal officials say. …
Read More »Police clash with University of Calgary pro-Palestinian protesters left after encampment removal
Using shields, batons and flashbang explosives, Calgary police officers forcibly removed a group of protesters Thursday night from an encampment set up on the University of Calgary campus. Police with shields and riot gear forcibly removed some protesters from area. Using shields, batons and flashbang explosives, Calgary police officers forcibly …
Read More »The shadow fleet of oil tankers enabling Russia’s war and undermining global sanctions
Despite Western sanctions meant to curtail energy exports and squeeze its economy, experts say Russia is using its so-called shadow fleet of tankers to make as much as $1 billion a day selling oil, skirting a global price cap and funding its war in Ukraine. Russia is making as much …
Read More »Ramon Fonseca, law firm founder awaiting sentencing in Panama Papers trial, dead at 71
Ramón Fonseca, a partner in the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal over the hiding of wealth in offshore entities, has died, a lawyer from his firm confirmed Thursday. He was 71. Prosecutors last month had requested a 12-year prison sentence for Fonseca and …
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