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RIYADH: The Philippines has secured about $4.26 billion worth of investments during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to Saudi Arabia. Four agreements between Saudi firms and Filipino companies were signed during Marcos’ roundtable meeting with Saudi business leaders on Thursday in Riyadh. The biggest of the four is the $3.7 …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we meet a B.C. man who is trying to convince municipalities to do away with the term natural gas, and explore the idea of a meat tax. Also: A meat tax? Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter …

Documents obtained from militant groups indicated that from 2016 to 2018, a senior Hamas operative plotted to attack Israeli citizens in the Philippines. Eliminating Hamas should benefit not only Israel but the civilized world as the extremist group exports its brand of terror, as it did to the Philippines, which …

Hazing, or more specifically deaths caused by hazing in the Philippines, is a very disturbing situation. This year, there have been two known incidents of death by hazing, one last February and another just this month. It is alarming enough that these deaths are still happening, and even more disturbing …

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) confiscated hundreds of illegal campaign materials Friday as the poll body launched the first day of “Operation Baklas” against election violators ahead of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30. The nationwide effort, which will run until Oct. 27, will remove campaign …

ERADICATING HUNGER. Department of Social Welfare and Development Undersecretary Edu Punay (right) guests at the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City on Saturday (Oct. 21, 2023). Punay said the government will scale up its food stamp program to 300,000 more food-poor Filipino households by July 2024. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald …

Mayon Volcano had two “brief” lava bursts accompanied by seismic and infrasound signals in the past 24 hours, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) in its bulletin on Saturday, Oct. 21. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)  Phivolcs observed the lava bursts at 6:36 p.m. on Oct. 20 …

At a Glance The Saudi Arabian government committed in 2022 some 2 billion riyals for the unpaid OFWs from construction firms that went bankrupt. President Marcos said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) government is now processing the back wages of over 10,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced after their …

The Philippine Embassy in Beirut is recommending the voluntary repatriation of Filipinos living in Lebanon as border tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday. The DFA also advised Filipinos in Egypt to take precaution as …

Rafah, Palestinian Territories – Trucks of international aid for Gaza should be rolling “in the next day or so,” the United Nations said Friday, with Palestinians desperate for life-saving supplies after sustained bombing from Israel, still reeling from its bloodiest-ever attack. Some 175 lorries crammed with vital medicines, food, and …