Alphabet’s AI investments boost cloud sales, lifts maturing ad business
Google parent Alphabet said on Tuesday, October 29, its AI investments were “paying off” as it reported a 35% surge in its cloud business and US election-related spending lifted YouTube ad sales in...
View Article[Rear View] Duterte rises from his bed to haunt us with the ghost of 2016
Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s appearance before the Senate blue ribbon committee brought back the personal and collective traumas inflicted by a man who won the presidency in 2016 on the promise...
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Watch 6 Studio Ghibli films for free in the cinema this November
MANILA, Philippines – To honor acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and his continued contribution to film as a 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, a weekend dedicated to Studio Ghibli awaits...
View ArticleDENR shuts down 4 Zamboanga canning firms for 7 days due to water pollution
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered four sardine canning firms in Zamboanga City to stop their operations for at least a week due to alleged...
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Death toll from Kristine, Leon climbs to 145 – NDRRMC
MANILA, Philippines – At least 145 people were reportedly killed due to the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) and Super Typhoon Leon (Kong-rey), according to the latest report...
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Gen Zs and the US election: Concerns on reproductive rights, climate crisis –...
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – In an election which everyone expects to be very close, Gen Zs, those born in the late 1990s and early 2000s, may very well decide who the next US president will be. In the...
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Leon weakens into typhoon ahead of expected landfall in Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines – Leon (Kong-rey), which passed close to the Philippines’ northernmost province of Batanes as a super typhoon, was downgraded to a typhoon late Thursday morning, October 31. Leon’s...
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Muscovado sugar: A path to success for ex-rebels in Negros Occidental
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A profound transformation is taking place in a quiet village in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. As former rebels turn their attention to cultivating sustainable...
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Philippines is top 9 in impunity ranking of countries for journalist killings
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is again on the list of countries most likely to let journalists’ killings go unpunished, according to the latest report of a media watchdog. The Philippines is...
View ArticleHow AI could influence US voters
With less than a week until the most divisive and hotly contested US presidential election in recent memory, a new threat has emerged. Artificial intelligence is contributing to the flood of...
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How Pacol Flower Farm cultivates lives of Naga farmers
Editor’s Note: Some of the interviews in this story were done just days before Severe Tropical Storm Kristine battered the Bicol Region. NAGA, Philippines – Flower farmer Ricardo Ador carefully...
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In ‘Diamonds in the Sand,’ Janus Victoria intimates Japan’s lonely...
In a July 2024 report by The Guardian, Japan’s national police agency revealed that “almost 22,000 people in Japan died at home alone in the first three months of this year…about 80% of them aged 65...
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Concepcion-led RFM wants ‘stronger performance’ from ice cream venture with...
MANILA, Philippines – Food and beverage company RFM Corporation wants its joint venture (JV) with Unilever’s ice cream segment to have a “stronger performance” as they see opportunities with the...
View ArticleDozens of Kanlaon Volcano earthquakes recorded on October 31
MANILA, Philippines – State volcanologists alerted the public of an increase in volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes at Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island on Thursday, October 31. The Philippine Institute...
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[Game Diary] ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ Emergence campaign mission is a...
Call of Duty’s campaigns have never cared too much for realism. You go into them knowing to expect balls-to-the-wall gunfights and jaw-dropping set piece moments on an epic scale. And, with each...
View ArticleDasal para sa Undas: Cemetery prayers for All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day
MANILA, Philippines – Millions of Filipino Catholics flock to cemeteries on Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2, for the annual commemoration of the dead called Undas. In the Catholic Church,...
View ArticleJa Morant’s triple-double propels Grizzlies as Bucks skid continues
Ja Morant recorded 26 points, 14 assists, and 10 rebounds to carry the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies to a 122-99 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, October 31 (Friday, November 1,...
View Article[LIVESTREAM] Undas 2024: All Saints’ Day Mass at the Manila Cathedral
MANILA, Philippines – Millions of Filipino Catholics attend Mass in churches, aside from visiting cemeteries, during the annual commemoration of the dead called Undas. At the Manila Cathedral, a Mass...
View ArticleExploiting Meta’s weaknesses, deceptive political ads thrived on Facebook and...
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Reporting HighlightsDeceptive Political Ads: Eight...
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Naga City’s thrift shop sellers seek help after Kristine ruins clothing stocks
Ukay-ukay, a small business selling second-hand clothes, is the only livelihood of 36-year-old Naga City vendor Rolando Tesorero Jr. When thick mud and waist-level floods engulfed his almost...
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