The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday said a Chinese warship’s attempt to cross the bow or front side of a Philippine Navy vessel in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) was an unprecedented “elevation” of China’s provocative actions. Reports of the latest incident came as President Marcos emphasized his …
Read More »Mendoza: Car plates backlog wiped out next month as LTO now produces 1M plates per month
Around one million license plates are now being produced by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) as it pushes to address millions of backlogs of plates, mostly for motorcycles. With the production rate, LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said they expect to wipe out the 80,000 license plates backlog for motor …
Read More »Filipino film bags best int’l feature award in Ireland
The Filipino film “Amon Banwa sa Lawod (Our Island of the Mangrove Moons)” bagged the Best International Feature Film award at the Louth International Film Festival in Ireland. Directed by film and stage director Anton Juan, “Amon Banwa” focuses on the fishing community of Suyac, an island in Sagay City, …
Read More »‘Gaza exit may open soon’
PH, int’l aid agencies cautiously optimistic on crucial border with Egypt The shuttered Rafah crossing—the only way out of Gaza Strip bordering Egypt that bypasses Israel— could be reopened “any day now,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said. “The Israelis and Egyptians are still coordinating on the process because they …
Read More »Cops looking for owner of car used by missing beauty queen
Police are now tracking the owner of the vehicle used by Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Camilon before she went incommunicado on Thursday, Oct. 12, in Batangas. ‘‘We’re still finding [looking for] the registered owner of the car used by Catherine since according to her family, the vehicle is …
Read More »‘8 children died from adverse reaction to Dengvaxia’
TESTIFYING as the last prosecution witness in the Dengvaxia vaccine case, Public Attorney’s Office-Forensic Laboratory Division (PAO-FLD) director Dr. Erwin Erfe stood firm on his findings that the cause of death of an initial batch of eight schoolchildren were severe adverse reactions after being inoculated with the controversial anti-dengue vaccine. …
Read More »Senate on alert after attack on website
THE Senate is on alert for possible website hacking, a Senate official disclosed on Tuesday, October 17. “As soon as we learned of the House of Representatives website hacking, our team went on alert and continuous monitoring. The Senate [website] has a perimeter and application firewall, but our tech team …
Read More »Biden in Israel says the ‘other team’ appears to be responsible for deadly Gaza hospital explosion
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday, beginning a visit to consult on the spiralling Gaza war a day after a deadly blast at a Gaza City hospital inflamed tensions and led to the cancellation of his planned summit with Arab leaders. Hamas, Israel trade blame over deadly …
Read More »Jordan cancels summit with Biden as region pushed ‘to the brink’
U.S. President Joe Biden leaves on Tuesday on a whirlwind trip to Israel and Jordan to get an update on Israel’s war aims in its looming battle with Hamas militants and stress the need to get humanitarian assistance to Gaza civilians. Biden has given full support to Tel Aviv, but …
Read More »‘They do not value Palestinian lives’: Palestinian-Canadians, Jewish group call out ‘same old bias’ in Middle East conflict
Amal Zeidan’s family member was a Palestinian paramedic who was murdered trying to save lives amid war. Zeidan is one of many Canadians reacting to the Canadian government’s statements about the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict and latest news from the region. “The views of Canadian leaders and politicians are completely biased …
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