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The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has forged a partnership with Renacimiento Manila in launching the LRT (Light Rail Transit)-1 Heritage Transit Tour to further strengthen urban tourism and visit of historical near the mass transport stations. LRMC Head of Corporate Communications and Customer Relations Jacqueline S. Gorospe said the …

Two Filipino doctors were among those who exited Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Thursday, Nov. 2. Humanitarian aid trucks arriving at a storage facility in Khan Yunis in the Southern Gaza Strip from Egypt after having crossed through the Rafah border …

 (PNA photo)   MANILA – A total of 87 truckloads or 229 metric tons of garbage were collected during the Undas period, the Manila City government reported on Thursday. Based on the data provided by Atty. Princess Abante, spokesperson of Manila Mayor Honey Lacuña Pangan, the garbage collected from Oct. 28 to Nov. …

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban, a move that Moscow said was needed to establish parity with the United States.  Most nuclear countries never ratified the treaty, but some Russian lawmakers have pushed for new tests. President Vladimir Putin …

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said on Wednesday the war with Russia was moving to a new stage of static and attritional fighting, a phase he warned could benefit Moscow and allow it to rebuild its military power.  Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine needs new military capabilities — including air power. Ukraine’s war …

More foreigners prepared to leave the Gaza Strip on Thursday as its Hamas-run government said at least 195 Palestinians died in Israeli attacks on a congested district on the outskirts of Gaza City, strikes that Israel said had killed Hamas commanders.  Israeli military details latest ground fighting in Gaza, says …

CBC News answers your questions about the government of Alberta’s plan to potentially create its own retirement plan and pull out of the Canada Pension Plan.  CBC News answers questions about how the Canada Pension Plan works and what Alberta could do. The government of Alberta’s plan to potentially create …

People across the North who belong to Indigenous communities have spoken with CBC North this week about their efforts to grapple with Sainte-Marie’s legacy and whether to believe the Fifth Estate report about her origins. Many say it’s a nuanced issue and that, above all, it must be addressed with …

The U.S. Federal Reserve kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a second straight time but left the door open to further rate hikes if inflation pressures should accelerate in the months ahead.  Benchmark U.S. lending rate stays at highest level in 22 years. The U.S. Federal Reserve …

Republican lawmaker George Santos easily survived a vote on Wednesday to expel him from the U.S. House of Representatives, as most Republicans and 31 Democrats opted to withhold punishment while both his criminal trial and a House ethics committee investigation proceed.  Expulsion lacked support of new Speaker, who has said …