AFAD directors Edwin Ańo, Imelda Reyes and Duke De Leon express optimism that the Sporting Arms Show will boost the industry and strengthen the program for responsible gun ownership.  For the first time since 2019, the Association of Firearms and Ammunition Dealers of the Philippine, Inc. (AFAD) is back with …

Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez lauded the athletes’ overall performance at the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games where they went home with a fourth-place finish. BUTCH RAMIREZ  Ramirez said there was nothing to be ashamed of finishing behind Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia in the overall medal tally considering …

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has installed five 30-foot-long navigational buoys carrying the Philippine flag in four critical islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to mark its territory and assert the country’s sovereignty in the disputed waters. The buoys now stand as symbols of coastal state administration in Lawak …

Grandmaster Wesley So finished only fifth out of 10 participants in the Superbet Rapid and Blitz in Warsaw, Poland Monday night but still stayed at second in the Grand Chess Tour overall race. Photo from Grand Chess Tour The Cavite-born woodpusher tallied 20.5 points built on 11 from rapid and …

Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics dunks the ball against Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat during the first quarter in Game Four of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals at TD Garden on May 23, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (AFP) Jayson Tatum rediscovered his scoring touch with 31 …

In the eyes of Tina Brown, the past few years have been a “dumpster fire” for the House of Windsor. But the author and longtime royal chronicler thinks the monarchy will likely survive in the 21st century — even if the institution may lose some of the sheen it has …

Thousands of Canadians die each year from a toxic street drug supply. Harm reduction experts say those deaths are preventable poisonings, so why is so little done to stop it?  Harm reduction backers say rising number of deaths will continue until public outrage spurs government action. There’s a poisoning crisis …

Canada’s intelligence community will need to grapple with the growing influence of anti-democratic forces in the United States — including the threat posed by conservative media outlets like Fox News — says a new report from a task force of intelligence experts.  Former national security advisers, CSIS directors say U.S. …

Four crumpled steel transmission towers around Ottawa hint at the scope of the challenge facing crews still working to restore power to tens of thousands of customers three days after the region was swept by storms.  Every ‘inch of our service territory’ has been impacted, says Hydro Ottawa CEO. Helicopter …

The proposed energy corridor to connect the four Atlantic provinces to hydroelectricity from Quebec and Labrador is important for helping the region reach zero carbon emissions, but the project isn’t enough, a new study suggests.  The study says complementary energy sources are needed in coal-dependent N.S. and N.B. The proposed …