The funeral is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. PT at the Langley Events Centre. It will include a procession and a memorial service concluding with a final salute. Const. Rick O’Brien was shot dead while executing a drug-related search warrant at a home. The B.C. RCMP are holding …
Read More »Microsoft CEO hits out at Google
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella told a US court on Monday that Google’s dominance of the search engine market made it very hard for rivals to emerge, hitting out sharply at the business practices of his company’s archrival. Nadella spoke to a courtroom in Washington, D.C., …
Read More »Three scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics for work in electron dynamics
Scientists Pierre Agostini of Ohio State University, Ferenc Krausz of Munich University and Anne L’Huilleir of Lund University in Sweden were honoured with the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for “experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.” The Nobel prizes will …
Read More »Ancient buildings included ash, beer and urine. Why do they stand the test of time?
Scientists’ reverse-engineering of ancient buildings has revealed some impressive properties, like the ability to get stronger over time and ‘heal’ cracks when they form. Modern concrete has strength but not endurance. Scientists are learning what Maya and Rome got right. In the quest to build better for the future, some …
Read More »A fruitful move: Opening the world market to our farmers
Our fruits are known the world over — we have the sweetest mangoes, the juiciest pineapples, and the plumpest pomelos. Now, we proudly add avocados to that list as an initial shipment of 3,040 boxes of fresh Hass avocados embarked on a journey from our shores to South Korea last …
Read More »Sovereign interest
China has always referred to the Duterte period as when an ideal engagement had existed with the Philippines. The Philippines is earning plaudits for the Marcos administration’s tough balancing act of asserting its territorial claim on the West Philippine Sea while preventing the tense situation with China from escalating. President …
Read More »President, VP’s approval ratings see steep drop in third quarter
The approval ratings of the country’s two top officials dropped noticeably in the third quarter of the year, the latest Pulse Asia survey showed. From a high of 80 percent in June, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s approval rating dropped by 15 percentage points to 65 percent in September. Vice President …
Read More »Shortlist of Maharlika managers submitted to PBBM
At a Glance The shortlist of candidates for the board of directors of the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) was formally submitted to President Marcos. The Advisory Body, consisting of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the National Economic and Development Authority, and the Bureau of the Treasury, transmitted its …
Read More »6 Navotas cops facing charges for teen’s slay
State prosecutors have filed criminal charges against six Navotas police officers implicated in the death of 17-year-old Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar. In the charge sheet, Assistant City Prosecutor Arvin Carael and City Prosecutor Armando Cavalida named the respondents as Executive Master Sgt. Roberto Dioso, Staff Sgts. Gerry Maliban, Antonio Bugayong, Jr., …
Read More »Strong bond of partner nations seen in WPS joint naval exercise –envoys
Foreign ambassadors lauded the “SAMA SAMA” multilateral naval exercise in the West Philippine Sea in an effort to establish a rules-based order that ensures peace and stability in a region vital to global trade and commerce. (From left, front row) US Navy Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of the Seventh …
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