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The P15,000 financial assistance for qualified rice retailers affected by the price cap on regular and well-milled rice varieties could be increased, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said. This was as an estimated 25,000 qualified micro rice retailers began receiving their Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) cash assistance from the Department …

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on his promise to balance the federal budget when he took the stage at his party's national policy convention Friday evening — and to invoked his political rivals' predecessors while doing so. Delegates defeat push by social conservatives to overhaul nomination process Watch Poilievre's …

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A former University of Waterloo student now faces terrorism charges, along with the attempted murder and assault and other charges already against him, in connection with the June classroom stabbings in southern Ontario that left three people with serious injuries. Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, 24, also faces attempted murder, assault, weapons counts …

TWO Chinese Coast Guard ships and 10 maritime militia vessels took part in Friday's blockade at Ayungin Shoal as the Philippines conducted its 3rd resupply mission in five weeks to its military outpost on BRP Sierra Madre. This photo taken on August 22, 2023 shows Chinese coast guard ships (left …

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has made true on its threat to sue New Brunswick if it didn’t revoke its changes to the school gender-identity policy. Revised policy gives parents a say in whether teachers can use students' chosen pronouns, names The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has filed the first …

The race to be the next prime minister of Canada has yet to be called but Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre appears to be comfortably set in the pole position. Some insiders wonder if the party can maintain the momentum. After a record-setting convention, Tory prospects seem bright — if …

Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook including a proposal to limit access to transgender health care for minors and to do away with vaccine mandates. Other debate focused on female spaces, the energy industry and Canada's passport Conservative delegates voted Saturday …

Fresh from winning the 2023 Gold Quill Award from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the pioneering coffee table book titled “Sugar & Smiles: The Negrense Legacy Beyond 2020” won the 2023 Silver Quill Award of Excellence from IABC Asia Pacific on September 5 in Bali, Indonesia. The 2023 …

(UPDATE) THE Philippines and Australia further solidify their alliance with the signing of a strategic partnership, as the two countries seek to counter China's growing aggression in the South China Sea. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the joint declaration on strategic partnership between their …