The union representing Canada's autoworkers is "meeting resistance" in ongoing talks with Ford Motor Company, the union's national president said Thursday in an update to members, saying there has been little movement on key issues like pensions. Union representatives say target company has made minimal movement on pensions The union …
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B.C. to end wildfire-related state of emergency, says response will continue
British Columbia says it will end the provincial state of emergency over wildfires as of midnight Thursday. Nearly 400 fires burning across province, 370 properties on evacuation order and 18,000 on alert British Columbia says it will end the provincial state of emergency over wildfires as of midnight Thursday. Firefighting …
Read More »Jury shown video of Nathaniel Veltman pacing in police cell after arrest in attack on Muslim family
For hours, Nathaniel Veltman paces back and forth in his tiny jail cell at London, Ont., police headquarters, sometimes sitting or laying down, following his arrest on June 6, 2021. This and other video footage were shown to jurors at his murder-terror trial in Ontario Superior Court in Windsor, in …
Read More »Halt to online SIM listup eyed
PAOCC says system takes fake IDs; Senators say just enforce the law The online registration of SIM (subscriber identity module) cards should be temporarily stopped as the system accepts fake identities and information, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said on Friday. But Senators Grace Poe and Alan Cayetano said …
Read More »Farmers want Diokno, Balisacan fired over rice tariff cuts
Farmers groups on Friday called for the resignation of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan for their support for moves to cut tariff rates on rice imports from 35 percent to 10 percent. “Today, we stand together to oppose, in the strongest …
Read More »PH firms make TIME’s World’s Best Companies list
Six Philippine corporations were included in TIME Magazine’s new annual ranking of the World’s Best Companies. Ayala Corp., San Miguel Corp., Jollibee Foods Corp.. PLDT Inc., Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., and BDO Unibank Inc. were named among the 750 top-performing companies in the world for 2023. The World’s Best …
Read More »Autoworkers at 3 major factories begin strike
The United Auto Workers union said on Thursday evening that workers at three factories are set to walk off the job at midnight, setting up the most ambitious U.S. industrial labour action in decades. Union deploying first simultaneous strikes against all three major automakers in 80 years The United Auto …
Read More »U.S. auto workers launch 1st simultaneous strike at 3 major factories
The United Auto Workers union said on Thursday evening that workers at three factories are set to walk off the job at midnight, setting up the most ambitious U.S. industrial labour action in decades. Union deploying first simultaneous strikes against all three major automakers in 80 years The United Auto …
Read More »Over 20 Chinese ships spotted anew in West PH Sea
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command (Wescom) has monitored dozens of Chinese maritime militia vessels in areas covered by the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Photos from Western Command Armed Forces of the Philippines FB Photos from Western Command Armed Forces …
Read More »Grieving Libyans in desperate search for missing, as Red Crescent puts death toll at 11,300
Libyan authorities demanded an investigation on Thursday into whether human failings were to blame for thousands of deaths in the worst natural disaster in the country's modern history, as survivors searched for loved ones washed away by floods. Lack of capable weather agency to warn residents contributed to toll, WMO …
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