In just over a year, we will be holding the 2025 midterm elections. And with the advent of technology, the specter of deepfakes looms large over the electoral landscape. Sophisticated and deceptive videos created using artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to sway public opinion, undermine trust, and disrupt the …
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken NSC: Beijing invented new version of ‘Ayungin deal’ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he warned China directly about its assertive moves around the Philippines and vowed to defend its oldest treaty ally in the region. “I made clear that while the US …
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) highlighted the Philippines best practices in the protection of consumer rights, including the country’s efforts to protect against the sale of counterfeit products. The 2024 Special 301 Report released by the USTR, an annual watch list of US trading partners performance …
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Filipino borrowers hoping for a reduction in interest rates will have to hold their horses as the anticipated rate cuts may not come in the near future. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said on Friday, April 26, that elevated inflation is likely to persist, and interest rates may remain high …
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(Contributed photo) MANILA – Vietnamese and Chinese nationals with suspicious intents were intercepted by Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport the previous two days. Sixteen Vietnamese nationals who are suspect illegal online gaming hubs’ recruits arrived from Ho Chi Minh City on a Cebu Pacific flight …
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Transport group PISTON on Saturday announced a three-day transportation strike from April 29 to May 1 in protest of the government’s public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program. Members of labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and party-list Bayan Muna are set to join the transport strike in solidarity until it …
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WEST PHILIPPINE SEA—Two Chinese Navy spy ships shadowed Philippine and American vessels during the Balikatan exercises as they sailed at the westernmost portion of Palawan on Saturday. During the formation drills of the BRP Ramon Alcaraz, BRP Davao del Sur and USS Harpers Ferry, a spy ship of the People’s …
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Locals walk over the dry part of Intang Lake in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija on April 22, 2024. (STAR / Walter Bollozos) Amid rising temperatures due to El Niño MANILA, Philippines — A four-day workweek will be implemented in the offices of the provincial government of Cavite starting tomorrow until July …
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Supreme Court of the Philippines (File photo) MANILA – Supreme Court officials led by Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo met with Bohol court judges to discuss the creation of the Office of the Regional Court Manager (ORCM) to improve the efficiency of the delivery of administrative offices to lower courts. According to a …
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SIMULATION. BRP Ramon Alcaraz officers conduct flight quarters procedure before takeoff of the Philippine Navy AW-109 helicopter. Naval ships participating in the multilateral maritime exercise of the 39th “Balikatan” successfully conducted a simulated replenishment at sea on Friday (April 26, 2024) in Palawan waters. (Photo courtesy of Western Command) MANILA – The …
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