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Marcos woos potential Maharlika Fund investors, touts high return to financiers at APEC sidelines At least 80 infrastructure projects can be funded through the Philippines’ first sovereign wealth fund, the Maharlika InvestmentFund (MIF), President Marcos told potential investors at the Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) in San Francisco Thursday. In his …

President Rodrigo Duterte, in his speech during the inauguration of the new Communications, Navigation, Surveillance / Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Systems Development Project at the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center (PATMC) in Pasay City on January 16, 2018, issues a stern warning on the local government officials who are found …

AFP PHOTO  Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he expressed to President Xi Jinping his “serious concerns” about Chinese military activity in the region while demanding that a ban on seafood imports be revoked. “I… expressed our serious concerns over China’s increasing military activity near Japan, including its …

This handout picture released by the Israeli army on November 15, 2023, reportedly shows Israeli soldiers carrying out operations inside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Israeli Army / AFP)  PARIS, France — The Israeli army’s raid on Gaza’s biggest …

A Federal Court judge has ruled that a federal government decision to list plastic items as toxic was “unreasonable and unconstitutional.”  Adding plastics to list of toxic substances a key step that allowed Ottawa to ban single-use plastics. A Federal Court judge has ruled that a federal government decision to …

It didn’t take long for the new leaders at Alberta Health Services to put their stamp on the organization. Eight days after the appointment of a new board of directors was announced, AHS says that six senior executives are no longer in their roles. That list includes Mauro Chies, who …

The union that represents thousands of grocery store workers in Ontario says 17 No Frills stores across the province could be on strike as early as Monday unless the company steps up with improved compensation and working conditions. Moves comes after workers at 27 GTA Metro stores won industry-leading contract …

Both regulation and more parental involvement needed to rein in social media experiment, psychiatrists and scientists say. Canadian scientists view changes in brain’s reward system as people watch clips. Kids who spend hours on their phones scrolling through social media are showing more aggression, depression and anxiety, say Canadian researchers. …

This photo taken on Nov. 10, 2023 shows Philippine coast guard personnel and journalists sailing onboard a rigid inflatable boat (L) as they head back after filming the BRP Sierra Madre docked at Second Thomas Shoal in the disupted South China Sea. (AFP / Jam Sta Rosa)  MANILA, Philippines — …

Former Senator Leila De Lima has expressed optimism that she would be eventually cleared of drug cases following a trial judge’s grant of her petition for bail on Monday.  Meanwhile, former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said he respected the judge’s decision to grant bail for De Lima but raised doubts …