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MUTUAL COOPERATION. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands after a summit meeting and joint press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo, Japan on Feb. 10, 2023. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said Wednesday (Nov. 1, 2023) that Kishida’s official visit …

MANILA – Two Filipino members of the Doctors Without Borders are among the first wave of evacuees expected to finally exit the besieged Gaza Strip soon, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Wednesday. The confirmation comes amid a Reuters report that Qatar has mediated a deal between Israel, Egypt and …

PNP Chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. answers questions from the media during an inspection at the Manila North Cemetery on All Saints’ Day, November 1, 2023. (Courtesy of PNP livestream)  Following the conclusion of the Baranggay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Philippine National Police (PNP) will remain on …

Who better to tell the story about ghosts at Malacañan Palace than President Marcos, himself, who had resided in the presidential palace as a son of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and is now back there with his own family as the country’s 17th Chief Executive. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., …

Co-founder of the military wing of Hamas and its current leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar is considered to be the architect of the Oct. 7 attacks. But decades before his rise to power, he studied Hebrew while serving four life sentences in Israeli prisons.  Hamas leader a ‘cunning, sophisticated psychopath,’ …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is standing firm that his government will not make any further exemptions to the carbon tax after announcing a three-year break on heating oil.  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe threatening to stop collecting carbon tax if further exemptions aren’t granted. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is standing firm …

Palestinians reported another widespread outage of internet and phone service in Gaza early Wednesday, hours after Israeli airstrikes levelled apartment buildings near Gaza City and as ground troops battled Hamas militants inside the besieged territory. Deal reportedly reached to allow some wounded and foreign passport holders to leave through Rafah. …

An amputation on a hallway floor and a death by lack of medicine are a few of the stories emerging from Gaza’s besieged and bombarded hospitals. Al-Shifa, the largest, is sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians, and the only cancer centre in Gaza has been damaged by an airstrike.  Doctors at …

Russia has promised a swift investigation into the mob at the airport in Dagestan, while blaming the West and Ukraine for stoking it. Russian officials say extra security measures now in place at Makhachkala airport in Dagestan. When Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his security council and law enforcement …

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 …