This photo shows a picture of Camille Jesalva (right) and Nitza Hefetz. (Israel Embassy to the Philippines/Release) MANILA, Philippines — Despite enduring trauma since the outset of the conflict, the Filipina caregiver, who saved her employer from Hamas militants, expressed her commitment to staying by her side indefinitely. Camille Jesalva, …
Read More »Israel tanks enter Gaza City fringes as war intensifies
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Israeli tanks advanced into the fringes of Gaza City on Monday, witnesses said, as it ramped up its war on Hamas, saying it had killed dozens of militants in hundreds of strikes. “We have hit more than 600 targets in the past 24 hours,” a military …
Read More »Comelec: Quick assumption of office for poll winners
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 …
Read More »Coin toss breaks tie in SK chair race in Aurora, Zambales
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 …
Read More »More OFWs from Israel arrive home
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, …
Read More »Israeli forces fight Hamas gunmen in Gaza tunnels as Netanyahu rejects calls to halt fighting
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: …
Read More »Canada, allies have discussed sanctioning Azerbaijan, committee hears
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 …
Read More »Canada’s economy hasn’t grown since May, new GDP numbers for August show
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 …
Read More »Canadians who use other heating fuels say carbon tax exemption for oil isn’t fair
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 …
Read More »German Israeli who was taken hostage by Hamas has died, Israel says
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 …
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