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Montreal mayor wants Harper to intervene in Saudi blogger Raif Badawi’s case

Montreal’s mayor has called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to lobby Saudi officials to free jailed blogger Raif Badawi, whose fate remains uncertain. “Foreign affairs —...

Harper urges swift passage of anti terror bill as NDP calls for full study

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is urging a House of Commons committee to study the government’s anti-terror bill as quickly as possible, in spite of...

FULL TEXT: PNoy’s Speech at the 29th EDSA People Power Anniversary [English]

This is the English translation of the speech delivered by His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III at Our Lady of EDSA on February 25, 2015: There...

FULL TEXT: PNoy’s Speech at the 29th EDSA People Power Anniversary [Filipino]

This is the English translation of the speech delivered by His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III at Our Lady of EDSA on February 25, 2015: Mga...

Pacquiao-Mayweather bout will ‘blow everything away’

MANILA, Philippines – Everything about Manny Pacquiao’s much-awaited May 2 fight against Floyd Mayweather is set to “blow you away”: from the ticket prices to the...

Piolo reacts to Instagram basher who called him ‘gay’

MANILA, Philippines – Popular local actor Piolo Pascual retorted sarcastically to an Instagram user who called him “bakla” (homosexual) in a post on the photo sharing...

Aquino says Purisima lied about unfolding of Mamasapano events

MANILA, Philippines– At a meeting held in Malacañang on Monday, President Aquino told a group of lawmakers led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. that resigned Philippine...

De Lima urges MILF to show good faith, commit to surrendering troops

IS militants abduct dozens of Christians in Syria

BEIRUT — Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Christians, including women and children, after overrunning a string of villages in northeastern Syria, activists and...

Gov’t has resources to prevent entry of infectious diseases, Palace says

MANILA — Government measures are in place to fend off the entry of such contagious diseases as avian flu and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus...