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MANILA — A growing number of restaurants in New York City are hiring “virtual cashiers” based in the Philippines, conducting transactions and greeting customers through live video calls — a practice drawing both praise for innovation and criticism over wage fairness and job displacement. The setup, first reported in U.S.Continue Reading
Astronomers have done something incredible — they’ve actually photographed a new planet in the making. The object, called WISPIT 2b, is what scientists call a protoplanet — a young, still-forming world that’s gathering material from the cloud of gas and dust around its parent star. Even though it’s still inContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines – Scientists have taken a major step toward what could be a permanent fix for high cholesterol — a one-time gene-editing treatment that targets the liver to switch off a gene linked to elevated cholesterol and heart disease. In a clinical trial reported by CNN on Saturday, NovemberContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines (November 9) – Satellite images from Japan’s Himawari-8 weather satellite show Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-Wong) rapidly intensifying over the Philippine Sea, its massive cloud cover now spanning the entire Luzon landmass and much of the Visayas. At 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 9, PAGASA said Uwan’s eyeContinue Reading
Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay — A Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) employee was shot dead on the spot by motorcycle-riding assailants on the night of November 7, 2025, just three days after two security guards assigned to the same office were also killed by still unidentified suspects. The latest victim wasContinue Reading
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay – The massive flooding that struck Cebu during Typhoon Tino serves as a stark warning for Mindanao, where hills and forests are vanishing fast in the name of “development.” According to Dr. Mahar Lagmay, executive director of the University of the Philippines (UP) Resilience Institute, the country’sContinue Reading
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay – The provincial government has launched a Unified and Centralized Radio Communication System, a province-wide network designed to enhance coordination among security, law enforcement, and emergency response agencies. The new system links the military, police, Philippine Coast Guard, Bureau of Fire Protection, disaster response units, and barangayContinue Reading
