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COTABATO CITY – Police swiftly arrested a man for allegedly posting shooting and bomb threats on social media in Isulan town, the capital of Sultan Kudarat, on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Alan Manibog, Police Regional Office 12 (PRO-12) regional director, said the suspect was arrested at 1:34 p.m. by personnel of the Isulan Municipal Police Station
MANILA, Philippines — Impeachment court Presiding Officer and Senator-judge Francis Escudero has teased counsel for the prosecution Amando Virgil Ligutan about his now-controversial social media post, saying that the latter is “well aware” that misleading questions are not allowed even against a hostile witness. During the resumption of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Monday,
MANILA, Philippines — Tertiary education stakeholders should meet to address the use of artificial intelligence among students and its impact on learning, Solid North Rep. Ching Bernos said on Monday. She said “AI is here to stay,” urging universities and colleges to prepare for its boom, which she warned may influence critical thinking skills honed
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero is set to rule on Monday on the defense and prosecution’s use of social media in relation to the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Monday marks the 16th day and the start of the seventh week of Duterte’s trial. On Aug. 12, Escudero
Netizens called out a local personality for habagat-weather politicking, a kinder term for “epal.” The day before, the said local personality donned a full-body rain gear, hopped on a scooter, and went around the district with a social media team in tow, obviously intent on pointing out flooded communities and the human misery it brings. Sadly, the flood control projects seemed to work; no floo...
ScitiX Introduces Production-Ready Inference Platform, Bringing Enterprise-Grade Control to Multi-Model AI Deployments The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Friday, August 14, said they see potential in Pax Silica as a way for the Philippines to move into higher-value manufacturing and the artificial intelligence economy. During the Senate environment committee’s first hearing on Pax Silica , they warned government agencies involved against getting ahead of the infrastructure, safeguards, and communities that will ...
MANILA, Philippines — Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong on Sunday called for an investigation into the attack on Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua and his companions. The lawmaker made the call a day after Macacua and his companions survived a shooting when their convoy
Nvidia eyes investing $3 billion in SB Energy The Manila Times
By Brian Lewis AMERICAN filmmaker George Lucas is one of the latest to indicate he’s open to AI in the movie industry. In a recent interview, the director said resistance to the technology was “very much like sitting here saying: ‘Well, I believe the horse and the buggy is really where it’s at. These cars, they break down, they need gas, there’s all kinds of problems with them and pretty soon t...
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is tracking down the perpetrators behind the attack on the convoy of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua. Macacua and his companions were unhurt after unidentified gunmen opened fire on their convoy at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed to work with the military and other agencies to identify those behind the ambush on Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua. Macacua and his companions escaped unharmed after their convoy was fired upon at 4:45 p.m. on Aug.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday condemned the attack on Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua and his companions. This reaction comes as he ordered government agencies to tighten security in the region, which will hold its first parliamentary elections on Sept. 14. “The president
MALACAÑANG on Sunday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has directed government agencies to strengthen security in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and investigate the reported attack on Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua and his companions. “The President has ordered all relevant government agencies to further intensify security in Bangsamoro communitie...
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ biggest private employer is putting an increasingly used retirement product in front of tens of thousands of its workers. Concentrix Philippines is rolling out an employer-matched Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) for its employees nationwide through investment platform DragonFi , potentially giving the government’s tax-advantaged retirement pr...
MANILA, Philippines – For Karlo Dizon, the idea behind Kartilya.PH — a free research archive of selected Philippine legal materials powered with an AI search engine — began with a basic problem that the Philippines is still in the process of solving: widespread access to justice. Dizon, a Filipino lawyer and technologist who was born in Bataan, and now moves between New York, the Philippines, a...
