Flag of Japan(Unsplash) If Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri would have his way, he would let Japan take over the major infrastructure projects in the Philippines that were supposed to be funded by China. The Senate chief made these remarks ahead of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit …
Read More »Comelec officially wraps up 2023 barangay, SK polls nationwide
Voters line up at a polling station for the nationwide village and youth representative elections in Manila on Oct. 30, 2023. Security forces were on high alert across the Philippines on October 30 as millions of people voted for village leaders following months of deadly poll-related violence. (AFP / Jam …
Read More »Kishida’s visit to open doors for mutually beneficial gains: Romualdez
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 …
Read More »2 Filipino doctors to exit Gaza Strip ‘possibly today’: DFA
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 …
Read More »PNP remains on full alert for ‘Undas’ as Filipinos troop to cemeteries
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 …
Read More »‘Multo sa Malacañang’: Marcos shares horror stories about ‘F’r. Brown’, other paranormal incidents in the Palace
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., …
Read More »Who is Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas political leader in Gaza?
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,’ …
Read More »Trudeau says there will ‘absolutely not’ be further carbon tax exemptions
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 …
Read More »Some foreign nationals are able to leave Gaza today for the first time since the war started
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. …
Read More »Dwindling supplies, damaged hospitals in Gaza prompt growing calls for aid, ceasefire
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 …
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