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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the National Innovation Agenda and Strategy Document (NIASD) 2023-2032, outlining the country’s plan to improve innovation governance and establish a dynamic innovation ecosystem, Malacañang said Saturday. Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said the President, who heads the National Innovation Council (NIC), gave the approval …

Senator Imee Marcos wants the Senate to investigate the mysterious activity of a US Air Force Boeing C-17 in Philippine territory and airspace, stressing it raises questions of sovereignty and air travel safety. Marcos said the Senate hearing inquiry would discuss the US military’s possible violation of the Visiting Forces …

How will you get the news now? That’s a question many Canadians may be asking after tech companies Google and Meta, which owns the social media giants Facebook and Instagram, vowed to remove links to Canadian journalism.  Government says law will apply to companies with ‘significant bargaining power imbalance.’ How …

Two surveys from the Bank of Canada Friday show that while consumers and business are still expecting things like inflation and wages to be higher than usual for the foreseeable future, they are starting to come back to some sort of pre-pandemic normal — and they’re less worried about a …

At a Glance President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s first year in office was eventful in terms of foreign trips. In his first year in office, he was able to meet the leaders of the world’s “super powers” like the United States and China. He was able to make 13 foreign …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that no deal has been made yet between the Philippines and the United States to house Afghan refugees in the country. Mr. Marcos made the clarification amid reports circulating online that the housing request was already granted. “That is why I was a …

The Philippines would be a target of China if its tensions with the United States spiral out of control following the expanded American military presence in the country, former President Rodrigo Duterte said in a television interview. In a television interview earlier this week, Duterte said he “regularly” meets with …

Marcos sees ‘good compromise’ on pending salary increase petitions The minimum wage in Metro Manila will go up P40, from P570 to P610 a day for non-agricultural workers in the private sector and from P533 to P573 a day for agricultural workers starting July 16. The regional wage board in …

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday said there was “no sinister move to tamper” with the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill. “There was never a plan to tamper. There was no sinister move to tamper the measure. There’s no tampering that took place,” he said. Zubiri said the measure …

French protesters erected barricades, lit fires and shot fireworks at police in the streets of some French cities overnight as tensions mounted over the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that has shocked the nation.  Hundreds arrested, tens of thousands of police officers deployed. More clashes in France after deadly …