Retail sales fell by 0.1 per cent to $66.1 billion in August, Statistics Canada reported Friday, adding that advanced estimates for September look like no growth, too. Sales declined by even more in volume terms, down 0.7%. Retail sales fell by 0.1 per cent to $66.1 billion in August, Statistics …
Read More »German solar industry looks to rise again
BITTERFELD-WOLFEN, Germany — A decade after a wave of bankruptcies all but wiped out the German solar industry, the sector is looking to reestablish itself in the face of stiff competition from abroad. Overproduction in China and massive government subsidy programmes in the United States mark the struggle to stay profitable for …
Read More »Vikings Motorcycle Club members receive prison sentences for drug convictions
From left, Wayne Johnson, James Curran and Vince Leonard were convicted in May, after a lengthy and often diverted process through the court system. (CBC) After being arrested seven years ago, three recently convicted members of the Vikings Motorcycle Club were given their sentences this week, and all of them …
Read More »Marcos bags $4.26B deals in Saudi Arabia
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 …
Read More »Meet the man fighting city hall to rename natural gas
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 …
Read More »Obligation to humanity
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 …
Read More »Having an Anti-Hazing Law is not enough; what is needed is a change in culture
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 …
Read More »Comelec starts ‘Operation Baklas’ against illegal campaign materials
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 …
Read More »DSWD to scale up food stamp program in July 2024
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 …
Read More »Phivolcs observes lava bursts at Mayon Volcano
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 …
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