All coverage of Philippines, ranked by recency.
MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Saturday ordered five popular online shopping platforms to submit records of their accredited truck-for-hire service providers. The order comes as the board intensifies its crackdown on illegal delivery operators. Acting LTFRB chair Greg Pua Jr. said he had issued subpoenas directing the service providers
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler senior multimedia reporter Gelo Gonzales, who covers technology and its impact on society, is among 12 journalists selected for the East-West Center’s 2026 Jefferson Fellowships. This year’s fellowship, themed “New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: Navigating AI’s Impacts on Societies and Economic Security in the Asia-Pacific Region,” will explore the opportuni...
Watch: Expert calls on PH to build 'super AI' The Manila Times
Watch: Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon falls to lowest level in 40 years The Manila Times
Hey trendsetters, Remember when Linda Walker sprinted from our screens to our shores? The Heiress Who Won with Brains, the vertical Chinese drama following a 17-year-old girl who used her academic excellence to prove herself to her toxic family, took social media by storm, with the actress behind the protagonist, Zhang Yingfei, even making a visit to the Philippines in June. (Yingfei was invite...
DAVAO CITY — Science Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. clarified on Thursday that discussions about the US-led Pax Silica program in the country does not include the setup of data centers in the New Clark City in Tarlac. “We should understand that this Pax Silica program of the United States has many components. It has a component that manufacture chips and semiconductors that will be used later on ...
SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur—The nearby province of Ilocos Norte has recorded 2,501 dengue cases and three deaths from January to early October 2026, according to the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) on Friday, Oct. 16. The province logged 107 new cases during Morbidity Week 40 (Oct. 4 to 10), covering the latest reporting period
CABANATUAN CITY — A food delivery rider known for his humorous social media videos was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Barangay Mayapyap Sur here at 9:40 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, police said. The victim, known online as Ser Bong TV, was wearing a green long-sleeved Grab uniform, blue jeans and a multicolored
Singapore energy week to focus on regional power security, AI demand The Manila Times
Kling AI Launches Kling 4.0 Globally with Professional-Grade Output, Stable Motion and Multimodal Control The Manila Times
AI may perpetuate past injustices – SC’s Leonen The Manila Times
Meshy Debuts New In-House AI Model with Meshy Edit, Letting Users Change Selected Parts of a 3D Model with One Prompt The Manila Times
Gordon Brothers Acquires Keen Business from Keen-Summit Capital Partners, Expanding Real Estate Services Platform The Manila Times
Straiker Brings Independent AI Agent Red-Teaming to Workday Agent Passport The Manila Times
ASUS ProArt P16 & P14, Powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark, Now Available for Purchase in the United States The Manila Times
ASUS ProArt P16 and P14, Powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark, Now Shipping in Canada The Manila Times
Geely Auto Group to Offer Customers Greater Choice Through Google Built-In The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines – In a wide-ranging discussion with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer for the second edition of Democracy Dialogues on October 16, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa warned again of the growing, still unaddressed threats to democracy posed by authoritarian governments, powerful technology companies, and now, artificial intelligence. Play Video The conversation, held at...
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. The officials said leaders at the Defense Department received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed. The officials, who spoke o...
Chinese tech giant ByteDance’s AI research unit Seed has created an Alignment & Preparedness team and launched a global drive to recruit 10 researchers, saying it will make a long-term investment in AI safety for its increasingly capable models. The hiring push comes as scrutiny of AI-agent safety grows in China and the US, especially as developers give them autonomy to access the Internet. AI ...
BEIJING — Tencent said on Friday that AI agents used to evaluate third-party models displayed web-browsing behavior not intended by the tech giant, in what appears to be the first known incident of rogue agent actions acknowledged by a major Chinese company. The statement followed a report by AI-safety research group Swarmchasers on Wednesday, which said “rogue” agents running on infrastructure...
Singtel Digital InfraCo Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2026 Southeast Asia Transformational Innovation Leadership Recognition for AI Infrastructure Innovation The Manila Times
Phancy and RiseUnion Launch ModelSphere, an Open-Source, One-Stop Production-Grade AI Deployment Platform The Manila Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster equipped with thrusters on Thursday, nearly nine years after it first showed a next-generation version of its electric sports car and said it would start production in 2028. Tesla demonstrated the two-seater vehicle, developed in collaboration with CEO Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, showing it driving upside down on a ramp using a suction...
WASHINGTON, USA – Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to track targets and help hack their devices, two research groups said on Thursday, October 15. Its services gave Israel’s Candiru — a spyware company blacklisted by the US government — as well as other Israeli surveillance firms access to advertising...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is holding its first parliamentary elections on September 14, 2026, after being postponed at least four times: first in May 2022 , then in May 2025 , October 2025 , and again in March 2026 . The historic polls are seen as a pivotal moment in the decades-long peace process in a region that was mired in conflict and socioeconomic and political c...
SHARES of Nvidia-backed CoreWeave steadied on Thursday after a sharp slump, as investors worried about the debt financing behind the artificial intelligence build-out. The loss-making cloud company has about $50 billion in debt and has become a focus of concerns that the data-center boom is being fueled by credit, straining newer players and pressuring cash flows even at giants such as Alphabet...
Crypto News Today: Remittix Counts Down to November 24 as Sui’s Samsung Wallet Deal Sparks a $10 SUI Forecast and BNB Chain’s AI Expansion Revives a $1,500 BNB Price Prediction The Manila Times
QC Capital Announces Cruz Express Oil, Expanding Its Car Care Platform Into Quick-Lube Service The Manila Times
Syntiant Brings Always-On Physical AI to STEPX Neo Agentic Phone The Manila Times
Hy-Tek Intralogistics Selected to Deliver Advanced Warehouse Automation for NAPA Auto Parts The Manila Times
COTABATO CITY — In a span of less than a week, another alleged big-time drug peddler in Lanao del Sur was arrested, yielding P3.6 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Taraka town on Thursday, police said. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Christopher Abecia, Director for Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR),
The Bacolod City Government and Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) signed a memorandum of agreement on Oct. 8 to support Creative Bacolod, the city government’s tourism and cultural platform. Mayor Greg Gasataya and RLC President and CEO Mybelle V. Aragon-GoBio led the ceremony at the Bacolod City Government Center. The agreement makes Bacolod the first city where RLC will put “Hand in Hand for Progres...
NEWS: Biomedical Studies, NSF-Funded Science, Student-Led Projects, and More on NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 The Manila Times
National AI Monitor: Despite Broader Safety Concerns, Americans Remain Net Positive About AI For Second Consecutive Month The Manila Times
Dogness Launches New AI Pet Feeder Built with Google Cloud and Google Gemini The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines – Podcasts have given ordinary people a platform to speak their minds. Some give us a chance at self-reflection, while others offer comedic relief. But what happens when the jokes being thrown around in the latter begin to draw more offense than laughter? In a Machong Chismisan podcast episode published on October 5, Kris Aquino’s son Josh became the subject of mockery as th...
Datasite Brings AI to the Entire Deal Lifecycle - from Target to Transaction The Manila Times
Cerence AI’s Mobile Work Agent Selected as Automotive Cybersecurity Innovation of the Year in 2026 AutoTech Breakthrough Awards The Manila Times
THE Department of Finance (DoF) and the World Bank (WB)have agreed to shorten processing times on Philippine financing applications. “The DoF and the World Bank agreed to collaborate in shortening the processing timelines between the two institutions, to hasten financing support for development projects in the country,” the DoF said in a social media post on Thursday. Finance Secretary Frederic...
By Pexcel John Bacon CHILD PROTECTION and mental health advocates on Wednesday opposed a blanket social media ban for minors, warning that restrictions could drive children to less regulated online platforms without addressing cyberbullying, sexual exploitation and other risks. The groups urged lawmakers to boost platform accountability, expand mental health services and improve early intervent...
NATIONAL security and defense agencies in the Philippines need better software and hardware to combat espionage, a senator said on Thursday. During a public hearing, Senator Erwin T. Tulfo said the chamber may designate a larger budget for agencies like the Department on National Defense (DND) to procure equipment capable of detecting whether the Philippines and its public officials are current...
Stifel Makes Strategic Investment in Meow; Partners to Launch Next-Generation Digital Banking Platform The Manila Times
Cloudastructure Existing Customers Expand Use of AI Surveillance Technology at New Locations Across Three New Verticals The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines – Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa will join WNYC host Brian Lehrer for a conversation on democracy in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) on Thursday, October 15, in New York (Friday, October 16, Philippine time). The event, “Democracy Dialogues,” is co-presented by New York Public Radio (NYPR) and Rappler and will take place at The Greene Space in...
MEXC AI Trading Report Reveals 85% of Crypto Traders Use AI, But Most Limit Its Control Over Funds The Manila Times
HQVT Debuts Multispectral AI Technology at Hong Kong Electronics Fair, Expanding Its Global Reach The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines — As the Philippines races to modernize government services, improve internet connectivity, and position itself for the age of artificial intelligence (AI), the agency tasked with leading that transformation faces a more immediate challenge: putting its own house in order. This is the situation that newly appointed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DIC...
MANILA, Philippines – Microsoft worked with Japan’s National Police Agency and a host of partners, including cybersecurity companies and global nonprofit organization Health-ISAC, to dismantle part of the operations of a Chinese-language cybercrime marketplace responsible for creating and selling phishing kits — or accounts, hosting services and tools for building fake websites and online ident...
Discover Surprising Southern Taiwan: Taiwan Tourism Administration Teams Up with Airlines & Travel Platforms with Multi-Million Rewards for International Travelers The Manila Times
NTL HEALTHCARE Launches On-Premises AI Solution 'CerviCARE® AI AT' Globally The Manila Times
A group of 40 state attorneys general on Wednesday, October 14, urged a US bankruptcy judge in Delaware to protect young users of Character.AI and keep their data safe during the AI companion company’s bankruptcy. Character.AI filed for bankruptcy late on Monday and is seeking to use its Chapter 11 case to resolve the states’ investigations and lawsuits, license its technology to Disney for $20...
Medeo Introduces Creative OS, Taking AI Video From Trend Discovery to Monetization in One Continuous Workflow The Manila Times
NVIDIA and Semiconductor Leaders Advance AI Across Chip Design and Manufacturing for AI-Defined Fabs The Manila Times
