TOP PERFORMING SCHOOLS: October 2024 Chemists and Chemical Technicians...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Monday, October 21, that 592 out of 1,088 passed the Chemists Licensure Examination (Computer-Based and Paper & Pencil) and 2,110 out of...
View ArticleSid Lucero, Beauty Gonzalez, Marco Masa: Breathing life to the undead film...
(WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD) MANILA, Philippines — Netflix Philippines premiered its first original homegrown zombie film, Outside, at an advanced screening, Wednesday, October 16, at the Grand Hyatt...
View ArticleFacebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in ‘celeb-bait’ crackdown
Three years after Meta shut down facial recognition software on Facebook amid a groundswell of privacy and regulator pushback, the social media giant said on Tuesday, October 22, it is testing the...
View ArticleTOPNOTCHERS: October 2024 Chemists and Chemical Technicians Licensure...
The Professional Regulation Commission announced on Monday, October 21, that 592 out of 1,088 passed the Chemists Licensure Examination (Computer-Based and Paper & Pencil) and 2,110 out of 2,711...
View ArticleTaiwan says live fire China drills may be part of a ‘deterrence’ effect
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, October 22, that live fire Chinese drills in a province facing the island are part of routine annual drills but also possibly part of...
View ArticleSandro Marcos blasts VP Sara’s ‘temper tantrum’: ‘She crossed the line’
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s son, Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, fought back following Vice President Sara Duterte’s off-script tirades against his father and...
View Article[The Slingshot] Duterte’s liking for an INC killer cop
Rodrigo Duterte had just won the May 2016 presidential election. At 5 am on May 26, he called one of his trusted Davao city cops, Royina Garma, to see him at his residence in Doña Luisa, Davao City....
View ArticleMonetary Board approves US$3.81-B foreign borrowings of public sector in Q3 2024
(This is a press release from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.) MANILA, Philippines – For the period July to September 2024, the Monetary Board approved a total of US$3.81 billion of public sector...
View ArticleLeonardo confirms drug war reward scheme, following in Garma’s footsteps
MANILA, Philippines – Retired police colonel Edilberto Leonardo confirmed on Tuesday, October 22, a scheme that offered cash incentives in exchange for killings under the war on drugs of former...
View ArticleGeorgia’s top court deals setback to Trump allies in ballot hand-count case
Georgia’s top court declined on Tuesday, October 22, to hear an expedited appeal by Republicans of a decision blocking a new rule that would have required poll workers to hand-count ballots, a change...
View ArticleGiuliani ordered to surrender apartment, valuables to Georgia election workers
WASHINGTON, USA – A US judge ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over control of a luxury New York apartment, jewelry, and other valuables to the control of two Georgia election workers seeking to collect...
View ArticleCanceled flights due to Tropical Storm Kristine: October 23, 2024
MANILA, Philippines – Various airlines have canceled flights on Wednesday, October 23, due to unfavorable weather conditions brought about by Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami). Here is a list of...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: With Quiboloy present, Senate probes alleged human rights abuses...
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality chaired by Senator Risa Hontiveros, on Wednesday, October 23, holds a probe into alleged human...
View ArticleAmerican’s love story takes a dark turn in Zamboanga del Norte
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – Elliot Eastman, the 26-year-old American content creator who was abducted in Zamboanga del Norte province, came to the Philippines with a heart full of conflict. His life has...
View ArticleChinese blockade would be act of war, Taiwan says
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A real Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be an act of war and have far-reaching consequences for international trade, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday, October 23,...
View ArticleCoast Guard cancels sea trips in Negros, Siquijor
BACOLOD, Philippines – As of 3 am Wednesday, October 23, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros and Siquijor Islands cancelled all season trips for sea vessels with tonnage 250 and below. In an...
View ArticleShootout in Mexico’s Sinaloa state claims 19 lives, local cartel leader arrested
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – A shootout just outside the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state killed 19 suspected gang members, while one local cartel leader was arrested, Mexico’s defense ministry announced in...
View ArticleTropical Storm Kristine: Track, wind signals, rainfall warnings, rescue,...
Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami), the Philippines’ 11th tropical cyclone for 2024, is seen to affect nearly the entire Luzon and Visayas, as well as parts of Mindanao. Kristine is heading for Luzon,...
View ArticleMother sues AI chatbot company Character.AI, Google over son’s suicide
A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son’s suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company’s service and...
View ArticleTrump meets definition of a fascist, his former chief of staff says
WASHINGTON, USA – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets the definition of a fascist and “prefers the dictator approach to government,” his former White House chief of staff said in a...
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