As violent protests continued at university campuses in Bangladesh on Wednesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged authorities to engage with students demanding an end to the quota system for government jobs amid rising unemployment.
Instability in Haiti is fuelling a spike in sexual violence against women and girls as armed gangs continue their assault on the population, the UN agency championing gender equality said on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered more than 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel sparked the on-going war in Gaza, the agency’s top official in the re...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday convened an open debate on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, which continues to be marked by immense suffering - compounded now by a complete breakdown of law and order - and a humanitarian system on the brink of collapse.
Beijing’s support has seen China make up ground in the artificial-intelligence race but it has also handcuffed AI companies with some of the world’s tightest restrictions, many of them political.
MANILA, Philippines — Senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday separately urged President Marcos to address the growing concerns related to the Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) during his State of the Nation Address (...
MANILA, Philippines — Three Chinese kidnapping suspects, supposed to be involved in gambling, were repatriated to China over the weekend, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said. The embassy said law enforcement authorities from China conducted the operatio...
MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) to come up with a list of products deemed harmful to the environment within six months, in line with its mandate under the Ecological Sol...
MANILA, Philippines — The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) announced on Sunday that the air-conditioning system of Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s (Naia) Terminal 3 will be turned off for 12 hours to allow the installation of six new ...
MANILA, Philippines — House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan on Sunday called on the 16 regional wage boards outside Metro Manila to promptly act to raise minimum salary rates and grant private sector workers immediate relief from the soaring cost of ...
The Penticton RCMP Crime Reduction Unit and Intergrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team conducted a joint operation which recovered multiple stolen vehicles.
MANILA, Philippines — Neophyte lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Sunday called for a congressional inquiry into the alleged birth certificate mill for Chinese nationals in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur. Majority Representatives Cheeno Miguel Alm...
The discovery last week of close to 200 falsified birth certificates issued to Chinese nationals from 2018 to 2019, all by the civil registry of one town in Davao, is a solid, incontrovertible proof of what lawmakers have been warning about since the p...
Questions swirled on Sunday over how one of the most protected political figures on earth, guarded by a state-of-the-art security detail, could have found himself just dozens of yards from an attacker carefully aiming a rifle at his head. Interrogation...
SAN FELIPE, ZAMBALES, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has lodged a complaint for violation of immigration laws against the seven Chinese crew of the international cargo vessel that ran aground in the waters of this town in May. The Chine...
After reviewing the significant decisions of the Supreme Court in 2023, I thought I should share little-known ones that may affect or be of interest to both lawyers and ordinary people. FIRST, UNDER THE FAMILY CODE, children conceived or born during a ...
Morbidity and mortality audits during pediatric residency were highly tension-filled events. The chance of being grilled was always a possibility, most especially if one inadvertently played a part in a situation that resulted in giving less than the b...
Jon* was struggling to keep up with his seventh-grade lessons. Unlike some of his other classmates who could perform independent learning tasks, he required additional help to complete them. It’s because at 14 years old, Jon still could not read basic ...
The Philippines ranks highest in exposure to bullying based on the data from Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) 2018 and 2022. With the alarming statistics calling for urgent attention and raising critical questions about the contrib...
The first time halo-halo saved me, I didn’t even know I needed saving. I was 13, drowning in year-end exams and what-ifs. The future loomed like a storm cloud, dark and unpredictable. That’s when Tita Connie’s carinderia became my lighthouse. It was a ...
I recently had the opportunity to engage with several local high school students in Aparri and inquire about their preferred choice for pursuing college studies. The majority expressed a preference for universities located in Metro Manila. According to...
Alicia Hennessey's street in Windsor, N.S., has had three major overflows in three years. The municipality says it would take millions to overhaul the storm drainage system.
I agree with all of Michael Lim Ubac’s points in “Building bridges for ‘One Visayas’,” (Moving Into High Gear, 6/27/24), except maybe one. My wife and I live in Dumaguete and her family is on Cebu Island so we are frequent ferry travelers. A bridge bet...
As of Dec. 19, 2024, Alaska Airlines will offer direct flights from YLW to LAX. 'This new direct destination will provide benefits to our entire community,' said Kelowna's mayor.
The BC Wildfire Service said several new wildfires sparked by lightning were discovered in the Lillooet Fire Zone. It warns more fires may pop up due to hot weather and wind.
A bloodied candidate, his fist raised in defiance after surviving an assassination attempt. It is still early to know what impact the attempt on Donald Trump’s life will have on the 2024 White House race, but the image of the former president as ...
A Calgary man is facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a domestic-related stabbing at an apartment building in southeast Calgary, police say.
I remember one of our clients constantly ChatGPT-ing everything, from board meeting discussions to complex consulting problems and even problems with his wife. His board members kept complaining behind his back that he was oversimplifying complex probl...