Marcos: Charter change only about economic reforms, ‘nothing more’
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. insisted that his administration only supports an economic charter change, amid fears that efforts to amend or revise the Constitution are meant to...
View ArticleEU drafts guidelines as it urges Big Tech to protect democratic elections
The European Union’s executive has started to compile guidelines for Big Tech platforms to prevent disinformation, hate speech and counterfeits from disrupting the process of democratic elections....
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[ANALYSIS] A soft and range-bound stock market that has not lost its luster
The market has been soft and range-bound. Just when trading approaches the 6,700 level of the PSEi, the market losses steam and retreats. The reasons that have been offered to explain why this is...
View ArticleUsher says Super Bowl halftime show will be a career crescendo
LAS VEGAS, USA – R&B superstar Usher, fresh off of a wildly successful Las Vegas residency, said his performance at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show will be the latest peak in his 30-year career....
View Article‘Leave a legend’: Lakers unveil first of 3 Kobe Bryant statues
Kobe Bryant was known for exceeding expectations, so it should have come as no surprise that on the day the late star’s statue was unveiled outside of the Los Angeles Lakers’ home arena, it was...
View ArticleGenerative AI faces major test as Indonesia holds largest election since boom
Fika Juliana Putri, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in East Jakarta, plans to vote in Indonesia’s presidential election next week for a once-feared former special forces commander. She likes him, she says,...
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Hope wanes on Day 3: Davao de Oro landslide list of missing exceeds 100
DAVAO, Philippines – Rescue operations have shifted to search and retrieval work as hopes of finding more survivors faded three days after a landslide ravaged a mining village in Maco town, Davao de...
View ArticleTaiwan reports Chinese balloons at start of New Year holiday
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Saturday, February 10, it had detected eight Chinese balloons crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours, two of which flew across the...
View ArticleBiased GPT? Singapore builds AI model to ‘represent’ Southeast Asians
SINGAPORE – Like millions worldwide, Southeast Asians have been trying out large language models such as Meta’s Llama 2 and Mistral AI – but in their native Bahasa Indonesia or Thai. The result has...
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[Uncle Bob] Makati Cinema Square: Against all odds
Makati Cinema Square (MCS) was a modern mixed-use development with a mid-rise condo on the fringes of Manila’s financial district when I first went there in the 1980s. My wife worked as a creative...
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Buddha and Santo Niño: A Cebuano-Chinoy’s blend of faith and spirituality
CEBU, Philippines – For more than seven decades, Filipino-Chinese businesswoman Bonifacia Go wakes up at around 5 in the morning to burn incense by her family’s home altar in Cebu City. It is a humble...
View ArticlePakistan ex-PMs and bitter rivals Sharif and Khan both claim poll win
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday, February 9, both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant...
View ArticleTwo dead after jet plane crash lands on Florida highway, collides with vehicle
A private passenger jet with five people aboard crash-landed on a busy Florida highway and collided with two vehicles on the ground in a fiery accident on Friday, February 9, that killed two people,...
View Article[Newspoint] The challenge of unsavory company
Not since the battle of EDSA has civil society faced, as it faces today, a comparable challenge of having to enter into a tactical alliance with unsavory company. It was in that battle, fought 38...
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Deepfakes: How to empower youth to fight the threat of misinformation and...
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 has issued a stark warning: misinformation and disinformation, primarily driven by deepfakes, are ranked as the most severe global short-term risks...
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Love for God or love for jowa? When Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day
For Valentine’s dinner, we’re having… what, fasting? It’s a test of will for Catholics on Wednesday, February 14, as the start of the season of Lent – Ash Wednesday – falls on Valentine’s Day this...
View ArticleMagnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Agusan del Sur
MANILA, Philippines – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Agusan del Sur before noon on Saturday, February 10, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in an advisory. The...
View ArticlePH boxers taking ‘good steps’ in qualifying for Paris Olympics
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino boxers’ promising results in the Boxam Elite Tournament in Spain bode well in their bid to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Nesthy Petecio, Rogen Ladon, Aira Villegas,...
View ArticleAge, mental capacity dominate presidential campaign trail after report...
The mental ability and age of the United States’ presidential candidates took center stage on the campaign trail on Saturday, February 10, following a report that suggested President Joe Biden was...
View ArticleTaylor Swift fans thankful Super Bowl didn’t affect Tokyo concerts
TOKYO, Japan – Taylor Swift fans said on Saturday, February 10, they were thankful the Super Bowl did not affect her Japanese tour schedule as she wrapped up her final concert in Tokyo. Swift kicked...
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