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Bato eyes law banning cooperation with ICC
In a privilege speech, Dela Rosa urged his colleagues in the Senate to consider approving a measure similar to the US Service-Members Protection Act, which E×ρréššly prohibits US courts, agencies or entities of any state or local government, including any court, from cooperating with the ICC. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/12/bato-suggests-law-banning-cooperation-with-icc-1825
ALLEGED DATA BREACH INVOLVING PHILIPPINE AIRLINES: 12.8 MILLION USERS ALLEGEDLY AFFECTED
Alleged Data Breach Involving Philippine Airlines: 12.8 Million Users Allegedly Affected Date Published: August 14, 2024 Last night, we received a notification about a possible data breach involving Philippine Airlines. A recent post circulating in several private channels allegedly shows that the breach has affected 12.8 million users. The breach appears to display sensitive information, including passport numbers, birthdates, full names, and addresses, linked to a site associated with Clark International Airport. This breach was reportedly originally posted on a channel tied to an alleged Lockbit affiliate, a notorious ransomware group known for targeting large organizations. The data, which may include information shared between...
UP community denounces cooperation with military
“UP purportedly champions fearless scholarship and critical thinking, but its administration now wants to ‘strategically align (its) resources and expertise’ with a coercive institution that we all know has been accused countless times by local and international human rights watchdog groups of trampling on civil liberties in its purported counterinsurgency campaigns and attacks on government critics and dissidents,” said a joint statement by the university’s sectoral regents representing faculty, students and personnel, Kasama sa UP and Defend UP Network. Source: UP community denounces accord with military
China To Annex Thomas Shoal: Scholar Shares Cunning Plan
Diplomatic Timeline: Wu advocates for China to “diplomatically set a timeline for the Philippines to withdraw from the Second Thomas Shoal,” specifying deadlines for military personnel withdrawal and arrangements for humanitarian aid during the transition. He argues that a clear timetable could end the protracted “cat-and-mouse game” over the contested reef. Source: China's 'Three-Point Strategy' To Annex Philippines' 2nd Thomas Shoal: Chinese Scholar Shares Cunning Plan
Huh? Aquino lost 'Bajo' 12 years ago, didn't he?
THE dictator Marcos would have admired the uniformity and obedience of Philippine mainstream media under his son's watch. For two days now, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his security officials, including this country's most intellectually vacuous foreign secretary ever, have been fuming over China's People's Liberation Army fighter jets intercepting over Bajo de Masinloc a Philippine Air Force aircraft, even firing flares in front of it. Huh? Aquino lost 'Bajo' 12 years ago, didn't he?
FPRRD to Super Committee: Present proof of allegations
He said that a president of the country who sees the proliferation of these activities has a choice to either allow them to continue openly in a disorderly manner or let the POGO operator corrupt the government, police, mayors, congressmen, and governors. “These numbers games had been there. What the government should do is regulate it.” he said. Source: Duterte to solons eyeing POGO probe: Present proof of allegations
DBM chief disputes budget mishandling claims of Sara
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman says the Department of Education under Vice President Sara Duterte received a ‘huge increase’ in its 2024 budget. Ryan Baldemor MANILA, Philippines — Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman yesterday disputed Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that the 2024 General Approriations Act (GAA) was “mishandled,” saying adjustments in budget proposals depend on Congress. “We always respect the wisdom of Congress if they want to make adjustments in the budget,” Pangandaman told reporters at Malacañang when asked to comment on Duterte’s allegation. In an interview on GMA News recently, Duterte said the “mishandling” of the budget for 2024 was among her “long list of reasons” for resigning as chief of the...
Panel to COA: Submit audit reports on OVP, DepEd, including secret funds
Rep. France Castro —HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has been directed to submit audit reports involving the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) — including reports on confidential fund (CF) expenditures for 2022 and 2023. At the House of Representatives’ committee on appropriations’ hearing on COA’s proposed budget for 2025 on Tuesday, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro questioned the commission about the audit reports on these two offices, noting that this has been the subject of previous requests made by her office. COA Chairperson Gamaliel Cordoba said the OVP has already submitted its liquidation reports, and they have already released...
WATCH: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
on Sunday, August 11, reiterated the need for robust air defense amid continuing deadly Russian barrages, the latest of which killed a father and his four-year-old son in a Kyiv suburb. He went on to call for the supply of long range missiles that can reach deep into Russian territory and hit Russian launch sites. https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin/videos/1278158363146338/?mibextid=8HI2vyzhxhZ0rFJs
Ukraine: forces now control 390 sq. miles of Russia's Kursk region
Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. Source: Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia's Kursk region
Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief
Elon Musk should face “personal sanctions” and even the threat of an “arrest warrant” if found to be stirring up public disorder on his social media platform, a former Twitter executive has said. It cannot be right that the billionaire owner of X, and other tech executives, be allowed to sow #forbidden# without personal risks, Bruce Daisley, formerly Twitter’s vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, writes in the Guardian. He said the prime minister, Keir Starmer, should “beef up” online safety laws and reflect on whether the media regulator, Ofcom, “is fit to deal with the blurringly fast actions of the likes of Musk”. “In my experience, that threat of personal sanction is much more effective on executives than the risk of...

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