Reece Rogers Gear Aug 16, 2023 12:51 PM How to Help and Donate to Wildfire Victims in Hawaii From the Hawaii Community Foundation to the Maui Food Bank, donations to these groups aid people impacted by the recent disaster in Lahaina. Photograph: YUKI IWAMURA/Getty Images Save this story Save Save …
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Okada Foundation grants annual P12 million donation for Parañaque’s medical projects
MANILA, Philippines — In its continued pursuit to find advocacies that are aligned with its own principles, Okada Foundation Inc. (OFI) established a partnership with Parañaque City to donate P12 million every year in support of the city’s medical and healthcare related projects. The collaboration between Okada and the local …
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MANILA, Philippines — The upcoming The Miss Philippines pageant is setting the bar high for its inaugural edition by adopting a format somewhat distinct than those utilized by other pageants. The Miss Philippines is aiming to "reinvent pageantry… [in] a unique way of gathering beautiful Filipinas around the world," making …
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Days after the death of Sharif Rahman, the wife and young daughter of the Owen Sound, Ont., man who police say was attacked outside his restaurant over an unpaid dining bill are struggling to comprehend what life might be like without him. 'We just started our beautiful family,' Shayela Nasrin …
Read More »Ottawa looking to drop 24 Sussex and build new home for PM elsewhere: sources
The federal government is looking at dropping the dilapidated home at 24 Sussex in Ottawa as the prime minister's official residence and is considering several other sites in the city for a replacement, sources say. Federal officials exploring safer locations for prime ministers and their families The federal government is …
Read More »As the fentanyl crisis deepens in this part of downtown Ottawa, overwhelmed residents plead for help
Lowertown residents living in the struggling heart of the nation’s capital say their community is on the front lines of the fentanyl crisis. Drug possession arrests down 36% as police adapt strategy to new reality A glimpse into the drug crisis in the heart of the nation's capital 4 hours …
Read More »Cleaning up London’s air has become toxic politics
London, England, has had a pollution-charge zone in the centre of the city since 2019, with strong public backing. Yet plans to expand that zone to cover the entire Greater London area have been met with fury and protests. People with high-polluting cars now have to pay £12.50 to pass …
Read More »‘Use all legal tools to curb rice prices’
About 202,000 sacks of suspected smuggled rice were discovered by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in three warehouses in Bulacan. The BOC continues to visit and inspect suspicious rice warehouses to protect Filipino farmers, control the price of rice, and hold accountable those involved in the illegal trade of agricultural …
Read More »Italy ends Gilas five’s FIBA World Cup dream with 90-83 thrashing
TIGHT DEFENSE. The Philippines’ AJ Edu tries to force his way past Italy’s defense in their 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup match on Tuesday at the Araneta Coliseum. FIBA.basketball Gilas Pilipinas kissed its hopes of advancing to the second round goodbye following a 90-83 loss to Italy in the FIBA …
Read More »Classes start, but same woes greet schools
SCHOOL OPENING BLUES. Teachers and their students at the Corazon C. Aquino Elementary school in Quezon City attend the traditional national anthem ceremony on their first day of classes on Tuesday, while a boy couldn’t help but cry as a teacher tries to comfort him. Manny Palmero and Norman Cruz …
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