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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 …

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PNA) – The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairmanship race in two barangays in the provinces of Aurora and Zambales was decided by a coin toss after the elections resulted in a tie. In a best-of-three coin flips, fate favored Alex John Agabao against Noriel Torre in …

THE fourth batch of 60 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from war-torn Israel arrived home Monday. The group is made up of 32 hotel workers, 28 caregivers and two infants, bringing to 122 the number of repatriated Filipinos since October 18. Following the arrival of the third batch on October 23, …

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 …

Canada’s economy is showing clear signs of a slowdown, as the total value of all goods and services sold was essentially unchanged in July and August — and likely September, too.  GDP was greater in May than it is now, Statistics Canada says. Canada’s economy is showing clear signs of …

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 …

An advocacy group devoted to amplifying the voices of Indigenous women says Buffy Sainte-Marie, a musician known for decades of Indigenous activism, engaged in a great deception regarding her origin as an Indigenous Sixties Scoop survivor.  Advocacy group says evidence that contradicts songwriter’s claims to Indigenous ancestry ‘overwhelming,’ An advocacy …

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 …