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UBX, Unit 256 partner to future-proof Fine Arts in the Philippines via NFTs
UBX, the leading open finance platform in the Philippines, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Unit 256 Ventures Inc. to co-develop Artifract.io, a platform that democratizes Fine Arts ownership by fractionalizing them as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Artifract.io aims to make art more accessible to collectors and enthusiasts, as… → Read More
Pag-IBIG Fund on the go
Top executives of Pag-IBIG Fund held a send-off of their mobile branch called Lingkod Pag-IBIG On Wheels. The mobile branches will bring Pag-IBIG services closer to more members and serve as a quick-deploy assistance vehicle to calamity-stricken areas when necessary. Pag-IBIG Fund Board Chairman and Housing Department Secretary Eduardo D. del Rosario… → Read More
Veteran actress Elizabeth Oropesa: We perform for free for BBM
“IPAPUPUTOL ko ‘yung dalawa kong paa. Gagapang na lang ako kung binabayaran kaming mga artista kay BBM!” [I will have both feet cut off; I will just crawl, if we artists for BBM are being paid]. Multi-awarded actress Elizabeth Oropesa gave this statement in reaction to claims by detractors of… → Read More
Duterte cites peace gains with Moros in Mindanao
DAVAO CITY—Relative peace has been prevailing over Mindanao over the past several years since the remaining major Moro revolutionary organization entered into a final peace agreement with government in 2014 and expanding the autonomous region for Filipino Muslims. “I think we have relatively peaceful Mindanao. The contentious issue in the… → Read More
4 dead as Army foils new IS terror plot in Lanao del Sur
The military claimed on Thursday that it had thwarted a possible terror plot in Mindanao by the Islamic State’s (IS) local front Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group as a result of an operation on Tuesday that resulted in the recovery of homemade bombs, anti-personnel mines and other weaponry. The operation in Barangay… → Read More
BBM to skip CNN PHL’s debate; rivals shun Quiboloy’s
RIVAL presidential aspirants Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, Senators Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao have separately sent word in advance they are not attending the February 15 televised debate organized by the TV network of controversial Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. This, as CNN Philippines announced that all the… → Read More
Army moves ‘skilled’ battalion to Eastern Visayas in all-out bid to crush insurgency in region
AN Army battalion from Davao has been redeployed in the Visayas region to boost the campaign against New People’s Army rebels in the central part of the country as the military races to end the communist-led insurgency before President Duterte leaves office this year. The 3rd Infantry Battalion (3rd IB),… → Read More
‘On the verge of annihilation’
After losing vast grounds and some key leaders, NPA rebels may lose chance of cashing in on polls → Read More
Not even Covid-19 pandemic could totally derail AFP’s momentum for modernization
RIGHT at the onset of Covid-19, the military had accepted the fact that its modernization procurements, especially those involving big-ticket items, would have to be put on hold, if not delayed, as the funds would have to be reallocated for the country’s pandemic response. Three of these projects, as Defense… → Read More
Prime AFP assets provide for better way to sail, soar, secure the land
Military eyes leasing out more lands to pursue modernization projects stalled by pandemic. → Read More
Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought
The country with the most freshwater resources on the planet steadily lost 15% of its surface water since 1991. → Read More
Asean defense ministers raise concern over Chinese Coast Guard law in SCS
Asean defense ministers have voiced their concerns over the law that China passed and implemented this year, authorizing its Coast Guard to fire at vessels even in maritime territories that it disputes in support of its expansive claims in the South China Sea. The defense ministers raised the issue during… → Read More
Storm Dante lashes South,Palace assures relief funds
HEAVY rains brought by Storm Dante triggered flooding and landslides, and stranded thousands of passengers and cargo in various ports in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, disaster officials said on Wednesday, as Malacañang Palace said some P1.1 billion worth of standby fund could be used to help those affected by Dante… → Read More
Maguindanao quiet but wary after AFP foils BIFF attack
ARMED Forces Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana called on the residents and local government officials of Maguindanao to remain vigilant following Saturday’s attack on Datu Paglas town by fully armed members of a breakaway group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom, Fighters (BIFF). “I enjoin the populace of and local… → Read More
Emerging ‘tinderbox’
PHL defies China’s reported ‘fishing ban’ in disputed WPS, including Scarborough → Read More
AFP bares new defense plan amid incursions
The military is shoring up the country’s internal and territorial defense with the implementation of a Philippine Marines (PM)-borne operational and fighting concept dubbed as archipelagic coastal defense (ACD) seen as the first line of action and strategy in defending the country’s territory in case of war and armed conflict.… → Read More
China’s expansive SCS claim may shatter UNCLOS validity–Carpio
China’s expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea (SCS) may ultimately determine the relevance of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio said on Wednesday, even as an artificial intelligence (AI) firm bared that around 29 features within the… → Read More
CIDG field offices told to arrest parties marketing Ivermectin for human use
THE Philippine National Police through the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) will arrest people who will use and market the unregulated drug Ivermectin, which has not been allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for human use, but is widely touted as a cure for Covid-19. A PNP… → Read More
PNP: NCR plus ‘substantially compliant’ on first day of ECQ
National Task Force on Covid-19 chairman Delfin Lorenzana defended on Monday the decision of the government to put back Metro Manila and four neighboring provinces under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) described the first day of the implementation of its checkpoints as “generally peaceful”… → Read More
Lorenzana defends Parlade’s appointment as NTF-ELCAC spokesman, Solcom chief
Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana on Thursday disputed senators’ claim that the appointment of Southern Luzon Command chief Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade as spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is unconstitutional, saying “if you are going to remove Gen. Parlade, then you… → Read More