A California bill that aimed to ban selling certain anti-aging skin-care products to children under age 13 failed to move forward last week, ending Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee’s attempt to combat the so-called Sephora kids trend. A California bill tried, and failed, to ban retailers from selling certain creams to …
Read More »RCMP warns push to switch to electric vehicles faces ‘significant challenges’
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are staring down a unique problem in the policing world: is it possible to turn the largest law enforcement fleet in North America green? Range is one problem — another is the kind of work police vehicles perform. Can the RCMP turn North America’s largest …
Read More »Bell Media could lose bid to toss ex-CP24 personality’s rights case
Bell Media could lose its bid to have former television personality Patricia Jaggernauth’s human rights case thrown out, after a Canadian Human Rights Commission report noting her complaint raises “serious human rights issues that are systemic in nature.” Patricia Jaggernauth’s complaint points to ‘pattern of discrimination in pay,’ says human …
Read More »Chanel nears $20B in sales in 2023
PARIS — French luxury brand Chanel said on Tuesday that its sales jumped last year to a record just shy of $20 billion, although profits only edged higher. Sales climbed by 14.6 percent to $19.7 billion last year, with double-digit growth across its fashion, fragrance and jewelry products. Meanwhile, net …
Read More »These endangered snails were thought to have disappeared from most of Canada — until now
Endangered shagreen snails have been found by a biologist in the Snake Woods Nature Preserve near Woodstock, Ont. says the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. Biologist Scott Gillingwater credits a citizen science app in helping identify shagreen snails near Woodstock. An endangered snail species thought to have disappeared from many …
Read More »Big no to coercion
“ASEAN countries have begun to seek stronger ties with external powers like the United States, Japan and Australia to counterbalance China’s influence. Is China’s warning that it would detain trespassers in its claimed maritime borders a legitimate exercise of its rights or simply a tactic to intimidate and deter other …
Read More »Quality housing, jobs, education crucial in building stronger nation
Housing, jobs, and education are three of the basic needs that the government should address to build a stronger and more prosperous Philippines. In fact in December last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) disclosed that over 25 million Filipinos struggle to meet their basic needs, primarily due to insufficient …
Read More »Zambales fishers plead for protection after China threatens to arrest ‘trespassers’
This photo taken on September 20, 2023 shows fishermen aboard their wooden boats passing on a bag of food supplied by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ship Datu Bankaw, near the Chinese-controlled Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (AFP / Ted Aljibe) MANILA, …
Read More »MRT-7 now 70% complete, DOTr says
The construction of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is now 70 percent complete and is on the right track of being fully operational by the end of 2025, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime J. Bautista said. “I saw the full speed construction and I’m very happy that …
Read More »Nur Misuari convicted of graft over anomalous procurement of educational supplies
File photo of Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari (The STAR / KJ Rosales) MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has convicted Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari of two counts of graft charges over the alleged anomalous procurement of Information Technology (IT) educational supplies worth over P77 …
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