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Did the U.S. general election campaign just start months early? With a Biden versus Trump matchup appearing increasingly inevitable, this week offered scenes from what could be an abnormally long election to be fought on three fronts: the campaign trail, Congress and the courts. First scenes from a long slog …

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently announced the continuing decline of our country’s inflation rate. This piece of good news could be the giant pendulum that would swing our economy in the right direction. According to the PSA, the “headline inflation rate decreased from 6.6 percent in April to 6.1 …

Documentary director Peter Jackson used artificial intelligence to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” Paul McCartney said Tuesday.  Song to be released later this year. Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create a …

Former senator Leila de Lima filed a motion for reconsideration to reverse a ruling by a Muntinlupa court that denied her petition for bail in the last remaining drug case she is facing.  In a decision dated June 7, Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) …

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Police Commission (Napolcom) filed numerous criminal charges against 50 police officials in connection with the alleged cover-up of the confiscated 990 kilos of shabu seized from a now-dismissed colleague in October 2022. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Interior Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” …

Warns of ‘new oppressors’ as PH marks 125th Independence Day Faced with “new oppressors,” the country must declare its freedom boldly, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday as the nation marked its 125th Independence Day celebration. “With new oppressors and challenges, our people remained defiant — affirming that it is …

COTABATO CITY – Security forces thwarted an alleged Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters plot to bomb a transmission tower of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in Pikit, Cotabato on Independence Day. Police Lt. Col. Rowel Gavilanes, 90th Infantry Battalion commander, said personnel of the Army Explosive Ordnance Unit detonated …

The danger zone around Mayon has been extended to seven kilometers due to the volcano’s increasing unrest, the Albay provincial government said Monday. In an advisory issued by Albay Gov. Edcel Greco Lagman, the provincial government said that to ensure public safety and to sustain zero casualties, all residents inside …

HEALTH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Tuesday urged the local government units (LGUs) to immediately administer the more than 390,000 doses bivalent vaccines donated by Lithuania as it will expire in November this year. HEALTH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa. Photo from DOH  At a Palace press conference, Herbosa said that it is …

THE Department of Justice (DoJ) has postponed the preliminary investigation on the murder of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo following the failure of alleged mastermind suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. or his counsel to appear before the panel of prosecutors. The DoJ panel of prosecutors has set the …