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The union representing about 7,400 workers in the ongoing British Columbia port labour dispute has issued a letter to employers, outlining what it is looking for in a new collective agreement while saying it is committed to negotiating a resolution. Protection against automation key to reaching agreement, says union president …

Cagayan, Pampanga, Bulacan join group; ‘Egay’ deaths rise to 25 A total of 106 places across the country are now under a state of calamity, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday, as Cagayan, Pampanga and Bulacan joined the list of provinces declaring a calamity state to …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday said the EU is ready to cooperate with the Philippines for a “free and open Indo-Pacific region.” “The European Union has been very supportive of a free and open Indo-Pacific, because an Indo-Pacific free of the threats of coercion is key …

Consumers are facing price increases of as much as P3.50 per liter for diesel and P4.55 per kilo or P50.05 per 11-kilo tank of cooking gas today (August 1) to reflect the movement of prices of oil and liquefied petroleum gas in the world market. Oil firms implemented a big-time …

THE European Union has allocated an initial €500,000 or over P30.3 million in humanitarian aid to the Philippines to support relief efforts in areas battered by Typhoon Egay. The EU announced the funding, through the EU Delegation to the Philippines, Saturday evening to enable its partner agencies in the country …

Supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup last week marched through the capital and attacked the French Embassy on Sunday, as a regional bloc raised the possibility of military intervention if the president of the West African country was not reinstated soon. Coup supporters denounce former …

Sports Olympics Summer Sports Aquatics Summer McIntosh won her second gold medal and made Canadian history on Sunday at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. The 16-year-old from Toronto captured the world title in the women's 400-metre individual medley final for her fourth-career gold medal at worlds, the most …

Three Ukrainian drones have attacked Moscow, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports around the Russian capital, authorities say. 3rd attempt to strike capital region this week Three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, Russian authorities said, injuring …

MANILA, Philippines — In a country like the Philippines, where the population is — to a big percentage — mass-based, poverty is often blamed for being the cause of undernutrition. After all, it is poverty that limits people’s food choices because they cannot afford better ones, thus leaving them emaciated, …

That the House Oversight Committee would take the time to listen to allegations of dead aliens, crashed spacecraft and a secret government program to retrieve such technology, signifies just how seriously some U.S. politicians are treating the subject of UFOs, but a lack of evidence leaves many skeptical. Committee hearing …