MEDIA’S ROLE IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION DISORDER. Officers and board members of the Philippine Press Institute led by its chairman and Manila Standard publisher Rolando Estabillo, take their oath of office before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo at the Supreme Court on Oct. 26, 2023. Gesmundo, a former journalist of the now-defunct Business Day, underscored […]
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By Vince Lopez, Gabriellea Pariño, Charles Dantes and Rio N. Araja A radio anchor was shot and killed while doing a live broadcast inside his own residence in Calamba, Misamis Occidental on Sunday. The 57-year-old victim, Juan Tumpag Jumalon or “Johnny Walker,” was at his home-based radio station in Barangay Don Bernardo A. Neri when […]
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Congress will resume regular sessions today after a five-week break and focus on passing the P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024 and the few remaining priority bills of the administration. Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez underscored the House’s commitment to prioritize the swift ratification of the 2024 spending plan and to deliver the budget bill to […]
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Former congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. is believed to still be hiding in Timor Leste, but the state visit of the latter’s President, Jose Ramos-Horta, in Manila on Nov. 10 is raising hopes the ex-lawmaker may be extradited to face charges for the murder of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo last March. Despite Timor Leste not […]
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Filipino or Tagalog is among the top languages spoken in the United States besides English and Spanish, according to a recent report by a US think tank. Tagalog is the most spoken language in nine cities, including Anchorage in Alaska and Las Vegas in Nevada, according to WordFinderX. “The American West is home to 45% […]
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Speaker Martin Romualdez joined lawmakers and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Sunday in handing out cash and rice assistance to 335,000 recipients in Metro Manila and Laguna. Dubbed as the Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) Program, the groundbreaking project is in response to the challenge of President Marcos for Romualdez and […]
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Elon Musk on Saturday unveiled details of his new AI tool called “Grok,” which can access X in real time and will be initially available to the social media platform’s top tier of subscribers. Musk, the tycoon behind Tesla and SpaceX, said the link-up with X, formerly known as Twitter, is “a massive advantage over […]
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When Republic Act 10931, known as the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, was signed into law in August 2017, it gave Filipino youth, particularly those from poor and underprivileged families, the opportunity to pursue college degrees through free tuition and exemption from other fees in state colleges and universities (SUCs). This law also […]
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Imelda also inspired the restoration of heritage houses and buildings like those in Vigan, Ilocos Sur and in Cavite where the first flag of the Philippines was displayed Some friends and relatives have been asking me what was happening to Imelda R. Marcos, who has been out of the limelight even after her son Ferdinand […]
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