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Try ‘shock-and-awe’ public alerts

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 20, 2024 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, not the Department of Information and Communication Technology, is empowered to regulate and has the authority to audit firms engaged in business using financial technology.

Duterte’s bluff and bluster

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 18, 2024 - 12:00am

For all intents and purposes, former president Rodrigo Duterte outwitted them all, including the International Criminal Court.

‘Generational’ legacy

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 15, 2024 - 12:00am

“We deserve and expect respect as a sovereign nation,” Senator Tolentino declared.

IMSI ‘spoofing’ gadgets

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 13, 2024 - 12:00am

“Spoofing” is when someone disguises an email address, sender name, phone number or website URL, or uniform resource locator.

Alter egos on the go to…

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 11, 2024 - 12:00am

It was an act of statesmanship of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (PBBM) to skip this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit in order to attend to more pressing...

Repurposing the seized POGO hubs

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 8, 2024 - 12:00am

No wonder the AFP broached the idea of repurposing the Bamban POGO hub for military use.

Transaction fees worse than usury

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 6, 2024 - 12:00am

This year’s All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days that fell on Friday and Saturday, respectively, gave us another long weekend.

Flooded by corruption

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 4, 2024 - 12:00am

If we are to rely on the weather forecast of our state-run Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), there will be at least six more tropical cyclones to visit our country...

He’ll take you to hell

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 1, 2024 - 12:00am

As always, the former president had the last word: “Hilahin kita, Ma’am (I will pull you to hell)!

Wait for the next chapter

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 30, 2024 - 12:00am

Now 79 years old, former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte endured almost eight hours of grilling before the Senate public hearing on alleged summary killings during his administration’s all-out war against illegal...

Picking up the peace

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 28, 2024 - 12:00am

The capture and arrest of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) acting chairman Wigberto “Baylon” Villarico is a definite win for the government’s peace and order campaign.

Women peace warriors

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 25, 2024 - 12:00am

Herself a Maranao, Pangandaman has been actively involved with the OPAPRU’s implementation of the peace agreements in Mindanao.

‘Land of Bad’

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 23, 2024 - 12:00am

We are saddened by the reported kidnapping of an American national in a coastal village in Sibuco town, Zamboanga del Norte last week.

Battle lines drawn

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 21, 2024 - 12:00am

Long before she decided to run for mayor in Naga City, former vice president Leni Robredo has been seeking advice “in politics in general and options she was considering” from her fellow Bicolano political...

Paradox of Congress probe on drug war EJKs

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 18, 2024 - 12:00am

At the first public hearing of the Quad Comm, Barbers made the dramatic call: “Tell us the evil you have experienced.”

Digitally eased travels

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 16, 2024 - 12:00am

The e-gate turned out to be user-friendly. Screen-prompted, it gives a step-by-step guide to the process, a big help for digital idiots.

AI in smoke-free world

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 14, 2024 - 12:00am

After attending the just concluded “Technovation” event held in Geneva, we flew here to complete the “smoke-free journey” started in 2014 by the Philip Morris International (PMI).

‘Smoke-free future’

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 11, 2024 - 12:00am

The next thing he knew, he no longer craved a nicotine fix and lost any desire to smok This is my second time to participate in the “Technovation” event being held at the R&D (research and development)...

NAIA woes not yet over

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 9, 2024 - 12:00am

Now that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminals are being run by a private sector-led management, it generated a lot of great expectations of improvements, at least on the services for starters. It will...

Who’s running for what?

by Marichu A. Villanueva - October 7, 2024 - 12:00am

We have seen a slow start in the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) in various centers set up all over the country by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for all those who want to run in the coming...

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