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CEBU CITY, Philippines – Good news for lovebirds looking forward to spend their Valentine’s Day outside. Fair weather will prevail in Cebu this week, the state weather bureau reported on Wednesday, February 12. “Today (Wednesday) until Sunday, generally fair weather ta with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms,” said Ana Dumdum, weather specialist at Pagasa’s Mactan station. In addition, threats of a low-pressure area (LPA) will unlikely affect Cebu, said the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). READ: Pagasa: Expect wet weather in most parts of PH on Jan. 25 Low-pressure area to enter PAR today “LPA is outside of […]…

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The British Broadcasting Corporation’s latest study reveals that AI chatbots distort and mislead when they report the news.  Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, wrote in a blog that AI brings “endless opportunities.” However, companies developing AI tools were “playing with fire.”  READ: Encouraging the world to pay for online news “How long will it be before an AI-distorted headline causes significant real-world harm?” she asked. AI chatbots fall short in news reporting The BBC gave the popular AI chatbots ChatGPT, Copilot, Google Gemini and Perplexity AI-generated content from the BBC website. Then, it asked them […]…

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WASHINGTON — The Associated Press said Tuesday that its White House reporter was barred from an event with President Donald Trump over the top US news agency’s refusal to follow his order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. “We were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office,” AP Executive Editor Julie Pace said. “This afternoon AP’s reporter was blocked from attending […]…

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eight drug surrenderees from Brgy. Carreta in Cebu City graduated from the drug rehabilitation program initiated by the City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) on Tuesday afternoon, February 11. The former drug dependents successfully completed their Community-based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) after four months. A ceremony was held at the Carreta Barangay Hall on Tuesday wherein the graduates were given a certificate while in the presence of barangay officials, stakeholders, and their families. COSAP staff Archival Nadela told CDN Digital that all the graduates obtained all negative results in the random drug testing that were […]…

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PARIS — Struggling to get your dog to fetch your slippers? Scientists who strapped eye-tracking helmets to a bunch of dogs have found the perfect tactic to get them to pay attention. Both pointing and staring at an object is the best way for dog owners to get their pets to follow directions, according to a new study on Wednesday. The owner’s gaze and gesture are useful separately, “but combined they are stronger,” lead study author Christoph Voelter of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna told AFP. READ: Dogs make faces to communicate with humans, researchers discover The team of […]…

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Paris, France — Canada, Mexico and the EU on Tuesday slammed US President Donald Trump’s “unjustified” decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which has raised fears of a broader trade war. Trump signed executive orders to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports of the metals starting March 12, triggering a flurry of angry reactions. The European Union and Canada vowed to retaliate firmly. Such tariffs would be “entirely unjustified”, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at an artificial intelligence conference in Paris. READ: Global stocks wobble, gold shines as tariff uncertainty looms “Our response will of course […]…

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BUTUAN CITY — The Dinagat Islands provincial government sent 19 seasonal workers to Hungary on Monday. “This is the second batch of workers we sent to Hungary this year,” Governor Nilo Demerey Jr. said Tuesday. “The first was on Jan. 31 with 26 seasonal workers.” The workers participated in the Seasonal Workers Program (SWP) through the Dinagat Islands Migrant Workers Office. “The SPW aims to give opportunities to Dinagat residents who wish to work abroad,” Demerey said. Most of the workers who flew to Hungary this year participated in a 2024 jobs fair. The workers have two-year contracts, which can […]…

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MANILA, Philippines – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said Tuesday its operatives have arrested three persons claiming to be Information Technology (IT) specialists with connections to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a press conference at Camp Crame in Quezon City, CIDG Director Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said the suspects tried to extort P90 million from two candidates in Enrile, Cagayan, in exchange for their victory in the May 12 polls. READ:  Comelec warns vs feeding supporters during campaign rallies 2025 Midterm Elections: Campaign begins for national candidates Comelec warns candidates vs election scammers Torre said Enrile, Cagayan […]…

Keep on reading: Selling ‘election win’ for P90M: CIDG nab 3 alleged IT experts

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his insistence that Gaza could somehow be emptied of all residents, controlled by the US and redeveloped as a tourist area. It’s an audacious, but highly unlikely, scheme to dramatically remake the Middle East and would require Jordan and other Arab nations to accept more refugees from Gaza—something Abdullah reiterated after their meeting that he opposes. The pair met in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Marco Rubio also on-hand. The president suggested he wouldn’t withhold US aid to Jordan or […]…

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LAOAG CITY, ILOCOS NORTE, Philippines — As the 12 administration-backed senatorial candidates in the May elections kicked off their campaign in President Marcos’ hometown turf here, they steered clear of one of the hottest issues of the midterm polls—the impending trial of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. However, the Chief Executive, addressing the Alyansa para […]…

Keep on reading: Marcos slams Duterte, but bets avoid ‘VP trial’ talk