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On Facebook live on Feb. 4, Roque recounted how Duterte called him on the night of Feb. 2 to tell him he received information about his impending arrest. (Presidential Photo, File)  MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte claimed to have information that he could be arrested “any time” in …

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday presented its national cybersecurity plan to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. amid reports of hacking attempts targeting government digital assets recently.  “We presented the national cybersecurity plan to the President. This was, you know, more than a year in the making …

The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.  Hottest January on record just passed, though the level above normal was lower than previous 6 months. The world just experienced …

A major U.S. national-security bill is at risk of a spectacular collapse Wednesday, leaving fragments of unfinished business strewn across several continents. Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the U.S. border — they’re all in the bill Republicans are ditching. Here’s how we got here and what’s likely to happen next.  Funding …

Russia’s main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for next month’s presidential election.  Main electoral body rules that majority of signatures for Boris Nadezhdin are invalid. Russia’s main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing …

(FILES) French President of the Paris Organising Committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Tony Estanguet poses in front of the Olympic rings on display over the facade of the Paris City Hall during a photo session on March 13, 2023. French investigators have opened a legal probe into …

Senator Sonny Angara on October 4, 2023./STAR / Jesse Bustos  MANILA, Philippines — While congressmen hope for a plebiscite on Charter change as early as July this year, senators see no hurry, with the chair of the panel in charge of Cha-cha considering synchronizing any plebiscite with the 2025 midterm …

At a Glance After nearly two decades, the number of jobless individuals was at its lowest of 1.60 million or 3.1 percent. This is lower than the 4.3 percent or 2.22 million unemployed individuals in December 2022, meaning there had been a decline of 617,000 unemployed individuals. The top three …

Artist’s rendition of hacking/Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay  MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology’s investigation into recent cyberattacks targeting multiple government servers has traced the hacking attempts to IP addresses based in China. Unidentified hackers had tried to breach servers used by overseas Filipino workers …

Israel’s chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday that 31 of the remaining hostages held in Gaza were pronounced dead. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been pushing for progress on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal and met Tuesday with leaders of Egypt and Qatar. White House says …