Former President Rodrigo Duterte Former President Rodrigo Duterte is the top-of-mind candidate of the senator for the midterm elections in 2025, a non-commissioned survey conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia Inc. showed. The survey, conducted from Nov. 29 to Dec. 4, 2023, showed Duterte with a voting predisposition of 48 percent and …
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Hunger for gold means the Amazon has reached ‘tipping point’ of mercury contamination from illegal mining
The rising value of gold worldwide has amplified illegal mining in the Amazon, where liquid mercury is being dumped in the Amazon River and causing scientists to warn that Indigenous communities and the environment could pay a far greater price. Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has intensified, with one …
Read More »Ukraine digs in as the West stumbles to keep up with Russian war production
Nearly a year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the embattled nation’s allies are becoming skittish and donations of money and materiel are threatening to dry up. Could 2024 be the year that decides the war’s outcome? Early optimism is being replaced by anxiety as politics threatens Ukraine’s …
Read More »New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using millions of the newspaper’s articles without permission to help train artificial intelligence technologies. Several generative AI companies facing similar suits by writers, visual artists. The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using …
Read More »Quebec reaches tentative deals on working conditions with unions that are part of labour alliance
The Quebec government has reached tentative agreements on working conditions with all the unions that are part of a labour alliance called the common front. Negotiations around salaries and benefits are still ongoing. Negotiations around salaries continue. The Quebec government has reached tentative agreements on working conditions with all the …
Read More »Manila not provoking conflict in waterway, AFP tells Beijing
The Philippines is not provoking any conflict in the South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday, in response to Beijing’s accusation that Manila is repeatedly encroaching on Chinese territory. “The Philippines is not provoking conflict. We follow international law and we are only implementing …
Read More »‘PH moving forward with oil exploration’
OIL EXPLORATION MAP. This map from the Department of Energy shows the sites of the country’s Petroleum Service Contracts and Pre-Determined Areas, especially a dense area surrounding Recto Bank off Palawan in the West Philippine Sea (photo below) that holds rich oil and gas reserves. DOE Photos Marcos says despite …
Read More »Marcos gets increased travel funds for 2024
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. arrived from his trip to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, 2023. (Facebook / Bongbong Marcos) MANILA, Philippines — A budget amounting to P1.408 billion has been allocated for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s domestic and international travels in the coming …
Read More »Korean ships in Manila for activities with PH Navy fleet, troops
Two Korean navy ships are in Manila for a series of activities aimed at strengthening relations between the Philippines and South Korea. Training ship ROKS Hansando and combat support ship ROKS Hwacheon will be participating in Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN)’s Cruise Training Task Group (CTTG), which will be held in …
Read More »Say goodbye to fireworks, not to fingers—DOH
Say goodbye to fireworks, not your fingers, the Department of Health urged Filipinos Tuesday, as it reported 52 cases of fireworks-related injuries, six days before the New Year. Five of the cases—three minors and two adults–led to the amputation of mangled fingers and hands due to the use of illegal …
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