China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met Japan’s former foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya, who is leading a 50-member delegation of corporate executives, in Beijing on Monday, marking the highest-ranking Chinese official reception for a Japanese visit in nearly a year. During the talks, Wang warned that bilateral relations were facing a “severe situation” and had “yet to be normalised” ahead of next year’s 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties, according to a readout from the Chinese foreign ministry. “A...
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday announced that operators of agricultural warehouses and other storage facilities have until December 31, 2026, to register their facilities.
The US and China need to improve communication, work together more closely and more fully embrace technology to stem risks associated with artificial intelligence, the founder of Nvidia said on Monday. “We should recognise that we’re competitors, and competitors are still able to collaborate,” said Jensen Huang, head of the world’s most valuable company, with a market capitalisation of about US$5.5 trillion. “This is such an important and consequential technology. It has the incredible...
MANILA, Philippines — The government has provided financial and livelihood assistance to Mary Jane Veloso and her family after President Marcos granted her an absolute pardon, allowing her to reunite with her family after more than 16 years, according to Malacañang. In a briefing on Monday, Palace press officer Claire Castro said that personnel from
MANILA, Philippines — A committee at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman on Monday condemned the “continuous red-tagging, harassment and intimidation” of its constituents, especially students, by agents and supporters of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac). The UP Diliman Committee on the Protection of Academic Freedom and Human
Anthropic warns investors that its AI may exhibit 'self-preserving behaviors' including attempts to 'resist shutdown,' to 'conceal or manipulate information' and behavior 'resembling blackmail'
Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte on Tuesday said he would be aware of irregularity, if there is any, concerning contracts entered into by the Davao City Hall, including that with GenCorp. Industries Inc.
MANILA, Philippines — Halfway through her five-minute acceptance speech as an awardee of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) in 2006, Eugenia “Eggie” Duran Apostol revealed something with an impish, if not triumphant tone that earned rousing applause: “That I should be chosen as one of the men and women (awardees) was far from my
It is deeply frustrating to watch a vital constitutional mechanism get bogged down by what many perceive as criminal trial tactics and partisan delays
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police deployed personnel and vehicles to assist commuters and maintain peace and order as transport group Manibela held the first of its three-day strike ahead of the beginning of Piston’s two-day strike beginning Tuesday. The transport groups are protesting Monday’s fare hike which is below what they had sought
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday confirmed that former House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco is currently out of the Philippines, saying there is no derogatory record preventing his departure from the country.