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PROCLAIMED winning candidates in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) can assume office the day after the voting. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday the prompt assumption of office was the interpretation of the commission en banc in relation to the Supreme Court ruling …

Israel said on Tuesday its forces attacked Hamas gunmen inside the Islamists’ vast tunnel network beneath Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls for a halt to fighting to ease the Palestinian enclave’s humanitarian crisis.  Hamas says it’s hit Israeli military positions in Gaza’s north and south. THE LATEST: …

Canada and its allies have discussed sanctioning Azerbaijan over its military incursion last month into the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh — which triggered a mass exodus of more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians into neighbouring Armenia — a senior diplomat told the Commons foreign affairs and international development committee Monday.  Ottawa’s …

Some Canadians are calling for an expanded carbon tax exemption for home heating fuels after the federal government announced it won’t apply carbon pricing to heating oil for three years.  Federal Liberals facing increasing political pressure to take tax off other heating fuels. Some Canadians are calling for an expanded …

A German Israeli woman who was seized by Hamas at a music festival on Oct. 7 is dead, the Israeli government said on Monday.  Shani Nicole Louk, 22, was among those seized at a musical festival on Oct.7 during attack. A German Israeli woman who was seized by Hamas at …

Photo shows the Bureau of the Treasury in Intramuros, Manila. MANILA, Philippines — The country’s outstanding debt saw a slight decrease, reaching P14.27 trillion at the close of September, the Bureau of Treasury reported on Tuesday. The amount is 0.6% lower, representing a decrease of P80.9 billion compared to the August debt …

Surviving senior commanders of the squad were put on trial at Nuremberg and charged with war crimes. The Nuremberg trials that prosecuted crimes against humanity committed in World War 2 primarily by members of the Nazi regime of German dictator Adolf Hitler, who engineered the Holocaust that killed more than …

This photo shows Vice President Sara Duterte at the Office of the Vice President’s first Pride Reception event, June 15, 2023. (Facebook/Inday Sara Duterte)  MANILA, Philippines — Satisfaction ratings for Vice President Sara Duterte declined by double digits while overall ratings for Duterte and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. fell …

NEW ZEALAND SUPPORT. Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Hanke Bruins Slot and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on the sidelines of their bilateral meeting in Manila on Monday (Oct. 30, 2023). Bruins Slot said New Zealand supports the Philippines in calling for the observance of the international law in the …

People arrive to mark All Saints’ Day at Manila North Cemetery in Manila on November 1, 2022. (AFP/Jam Sta. Rosa)  MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health has urged the public to refrain from bringing small children to cemeteries to prevent injuries and illnesses caused by crowded environments and extreme …