Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday, Oct. 26 that the poll body despises vote-buying as much as election-related violence when perpetrated against candidates, urging the public to cease involvement in these illegal activities. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia personally removed campaign materials …

More Filipinos—now numbering 113–want to leave Lebanon amid the escalating tensions there between Israel and Islamist group Hezbollah, a known ally of Palestinian militant group Hamas, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Oct. 26. Israeli soldiers gather near Merkava tanks as they man a …

A B.C. man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for manslaughter in the overdose death of 14-year-old Carson Crimeni. 14-year-old died in 2019 after he was found unconscious at a Langley skate park A B.C. man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for manslaughter in the …

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says he knows Canadians feel financially squeezed by aggressive interest rate hikes, but insists doing nothing to curb inflation would have been worse While rate hikes have hurt, doing nothing to curb inflation would have been worse: Tiff Macklem The Current18:56Why Tiff Macklem won’t …

The young forward has been suspended for 41 games by the NHL for "activities relating to sports wagering." Details are scarce, but the team says he has their support. Details scarce but league says no evidence Pinto, 22, bet on NHL games Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto has been suspended …

Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash Centralized online services such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads (although they claim to be joining the ActivityPub-based federated universe, a.k.a. fediverse), and TikTok, all collect your data for profit. In addition, their machine learning models push whatever is inferred as posts that maximizes their …

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we meet a Canadian who repairs wind turbine blades and learn about the energy that could be generated from rain droplets. Also: An oil CEO on the hot seat Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part …

Toyota booth opening presentation at the Tokyo Mobility Show on Oct. 25, 2023 It’s now trite to say – “The cars of the future are here” – as the new cars that are launched come with features recently presented as those in the car-of-tomorrow. That’s how fast technology has been …

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, testified in his fraud trial on Thursday without the jury present so the judge overseeing the case can first decide what portions of his testimony are admissible. Judge excuses jury while he hears Bankman-Fried's evidence, decides on admissibility Sam Bankman-Fried, founder …

NOT at all fond of throwing lavish birthday parties, Boy Abunda would rather satisfy his wanderlust around this time year-in year-out. The hodophile TV host's international travels are not without Bong Quintana, his partner of more than half of his life. The couple has since been used to tagging along …