MANILA: The Duty to Energize the Republic through the Enlightenment of the Youth (Duterte Youth) partly-list on Monday asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disallow the Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD) part…
Day: June 3, 2024
Comelec wants raps, DQ vs. poll bets for use of AI, deepfake
MANILA: Commission on Elections (Comelec) chief George Erwin Garcia on Monday said disqualification and election offense cases to be filed against candidates who would use artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfake technology in next year’s midterm pol…
Mall-based OTOP lifestyle store offers Negros-made products
BACOLOD CITY: A bigger OTOP (One Town, One Product) lifestyle store is showcasing more products made in Negros Occidental inside the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in this city.
Set up by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 2021 as a marketing…
Cebu Pacific to add more flights to Tacloban
TACLOBAN CITY: Budget carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) is adding more flights to this city from hubs in Manila and Cebu starting in July to accommodate the rising number of passengers from and to the regional capital of Eastern Visayas.
Carmina Romero, CEB…
Investors urged to bankroll microgrid dev’t in PH
MANILA: Senator Win Gatchalian on Monday encouraged investors to provide capital for the development of microgrids in the country, especially in off-grid areas, to help achieve full electrification.
‘Electrification is usually followed by economic de…
9 pertussis cases confirmed in Caraga
BUTUAN CITY: The number of confirmed pertussis (whooping cough) cases in the Caraga Region increased from five to nine over the weekend, the regional Department of Health (DOH-13) office said Monday.
The DOH-13 said seven confirmed pertussis cases we…
Hunt on vs. 4 more inmates who bolted Bulacan jail
MANILA: A manhunt is underway for four more inmates who escaped from the jail facility of the San Jose Del Monte City Police Station in Bulacan province.
Initial information from the Bulacan Police Provincial Office said the jail’s duty custodial off…
Alert Level 2 hoisted as Mt. Kanlaon erupts
BACOLOD CITY: Mt. Kanlaon, an active volcano in Negros Island, erupted for six minutes Monday night, producing a 5,000-meter plume, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs) said in a r…
S. Koreans call for doctors to end walkout: poll
SEOUL: Nearly 86 percent of South Koreans believe junior doctors, who have been on a walkout since late February, should return to hospitals, a poll showed Monday, reflecting growing public fatigue over the ongoing disruptions in medical services.
Ac…