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MANILA – The recently released implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) will make sure that there will be accountability, openness, and efficacy in carrying out the law, according to Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Sunday. Pangandaman said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. …

President Marcos has declared 2023 to 2033 as “Dekada ng Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas.” Marcos said the move was part of the administration’s efforts to strengthen the Filipino people’s nationalism, respect for heroes, and pride for the people’s accomplishment. Through Proclamation No. 396 dated Nov. 7 and signed by Executive Secretary …

Dr. Benigno Agbayani Jr. and his ‘self-portrait’ are posted on Facebook by a relative on Oct. 20. The drawing apparently shows the University of the Philippines’ Oblation statue with its head bowed and with barbed wire wrapped around it. Agbayani graduated from UP’s College of Medicine in 1991. MANILA, Philippines …

Police received several calls about gunshots near Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal, located on Deacon Road in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, at around 5 a.m. Sunday. It’s the second time the school was targeted this week.  Police say facade of Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal struck, no one was injured. Montreal police are …

Senior diplomat Julie Sunday says the situation at the Rafah border crossing is complex and “profoundly frustrating.” Senior diplomat Julie Sunday says Ottawa ready for possible evacuation from Lebanon. A senior Canadian diplomat says the situation around the stop-start evacuation of Canadians from Gaza has been “profoundly frustrating,” with the …

Authorities in the Gaza Strip say the Rafah land crossing between the war-torn territory and Egypt will reopen on Sunday after being closed for the two previous days.  107 people with connections to Canada have crossed since Israel-Hamas war started. Authorities in the Gaza Strip say the Rafah land crossing …

This photo taken on Nov. 10, 2023 shows China coast guard personnel sailing an aluminum hulled boat at Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. (AFP / Jam Sta Rosa)  SOUTH CHINA SEA, unidentified — As a Philippine Coast Guard rubber boat carrying journalists sped towards Filipino troops …

This photo taken on Nov. 10, 2023 shows China coast guard personnel sailing aluminum hulled boats at Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. (AFP / Jam Sta Rosa)  MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers are urging Congress to promptly approve increased funding for agencies responsible for safeguarding the West …

Japan said it was not tolerating any action that would raise tension in the South China Sea after the Philippines accused China of attacking one of its supply ships with a water cannon in the waters off Ayungin Shoal. In a statement on X, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa …

Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the nearby region for the first time in weeks on Saturday and pounded the east and south of the country with drones, Ukrainian officials said.  Kyiv came under air attack Saturday, with big explosions heard, as drones strike in Ukraine’s …