TAKEAWAY: Chatbots can support daily lifeโ€”but they work best as assistants, not companions. Chatbots are increasingly woven into daily life. They become more humanlikeโ€”responsive, personalized, and always available. Millions now turn to conversational AI not just for information, but for comfort, advice, and companionship. This raises a pressing question: DoesContinue Reading

MANILA, Philippines โ€“ Power supply across the Philippine electricity grid improved in December 2025, but tighter conditions in the Visayas and Mindanao pushed electricity prices higher, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) said. In a report, IEMOP said average system-wide supply rose to 20,233 megawatts (MW) inContinue Reading

MANILA, Philippines โ€” Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers intercepted a 17-year-old woman illegally recruited for overseas work at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on January 24, preventing her deployment to Saudi Arabia as a household helper. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said the victim, identified only as โ€œZia,โ€ was flaggedContinue Reading

Several countries, including Thailand and Nepal, have heightened health surveillance after India confirmed new cases of the deadly Nipah virus, a zoonotic disease with a high fatality rate but limited human-to-human transmission. The World Health Organization (WHO) said two cases were confirmed in West Bengal involving two 25-year-old nurses, aContinue Reading

ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines โ€“ For students in geographically isolated communities across Mindanao, free internet access is helping break long-standing barriers to learning. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Region IX has distributed 2,324 free SIM cards to public school students in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) inContinue Reading

VP Sara Duterte

The impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte has effectively hit a dead end after the Supreme Court (SC) upheld its ruling declaring the House of Representativesโ€™ impeachment process unconstitutional. Hereโ€™s what happened, why it matters, and what comes next. What did the Supreme Court decide? On Thursday, the Supreme CourtContinue Reading