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Photo of slain broadcaster Juan Tumpag Jumalon (Handout Facebook photo courtesy of Philstar.com / John Unson)  MANILA, Philippines — A radio broadcaster in Misamis Occidental was gunned down while hosting his program early Sunday morning. Juan Tumpag Jumalon was shot in the head by an unidentified lone attacker while he was …

GOV’T FOR THE PEOPLE. Residents queue up for Department of Social Welfare and Development assistance at the “Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair” in Santa Cruz, Laguna on Saturday (Nov. 4, 2023). The agency, among the at least 50 government institutions in the weekend fair, provided financial assistance to 2,746 members of …

An Australian who allegedly abused his Filipina live-in partner and her child, and whose Philippine visa had expired in 2018 has been arrested in Morong, Bataan, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. The BI identified him as Peter David Maxwell, 66, who was arrested last Oct. 25 by operatives of the …

Arab leaders publicly pressed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Palestinians said an Israeli air strike killed at least 15 people in a UN-run school being used as a shelter.  Top U.S. diplomat says all agree on need for …

Made-in-Ukraine drones are playing an increasingly important role in the country’s fight against the still-ongoing Russian invasion.  Cat-and-mouse games of drone warfare are playing out along war’s front lines. As a Ukrainian rocket made its way toward the Russian radar system, the soldiers in the elite unit whose drone had …

Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. He was 87.  ‘His shining personality will ensure he is remembered throughout history,’ NASA administrator says. Ken Mattingly, an astronaut …

Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people injured in an earthquake that shook districts in northwestern Nepal just before midnight Friday, killing at least 128 people and injuring dozens more, officials said Saturday.  Officials say death toll expected to rise amid power outage, rescue efforts. Helicopters and ground troops …

Party grassroots want Alberta to follow New Brunswick and Saskatchewan on pronoun policies for trans students. The premier said she’ll fight for “parental rights,” but doing what base wants would betray her own beliefs.  Premier embraces ‘parental rights’ push, but is cool to divisive trans-student policies. Alberta’s premier leads a …

The path to self-discovery can take people to unusual places, but few go as far as Canada’s David Orr who ran for almost three months and 3,500 kilometres up the length of Italy. It’s a journey he describes as mystical, from the eruptive Mount Etna in the south to the …

Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren’t afraid to raise their prices anymore. …