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 …
Read More »MPs block Conservative attempts to probe CBC coverage of Hamas attacks
Bloc Québécois, NDP and most Liberal MPs on the House of Commons public accounts committee voted Tuesday to shut down debate on a Conservative motion that would have prompted a study of the CBC’s coverage of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. CBC News language guide says use of the word terrorism …
Read More »Ex-wife of ISIS fighter convicted in death of James Foley and other hostages says she was ‘oblivious’
A Canadian woman whose marriage to a notorious ISIS fighter linked to the abduction, torture and beheading of Western hostages is being made public for the first time says she was “oblivious to what was going on” when she lived with him in Syria. Dure Ahmed appeared in Brampton, Ont., …
Read More »NHL providing PWHL with knowledge and experience, but not financial support
The NHL and PWHL have been working together ahead of the league’s expected launch in January 2024, with the NHL sharing advice and helping plan special events and games. But NHL executive Susan Cohig confirmed it’s not a financial relationship. Collaboration between leagues could also include PWHL games in NHL …
Read More »UP turns back La Salle, keeps perfect record
At a Glance Gerry Abadiano led the way as University of the Philippines turned back De La Salle, 67-64, to remain as the only unscathed team in the first round of the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay …
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