328 BuCor inmates granted clemency in December

MANILA – A total of 328 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) have been released from the Bureau of Corrections facilities in December, bringing to nearly 6,000 the...

PH duty-bound to assert rights over WPS: solon

MANILA – The national government must assert anew the 2016 Hague ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and declare China’s expansive maritime claims devoid of merit,...

Marcos to AFP: Stay committed to sustaining peace

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday urged the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to remain committed to their mandate of sustaining peace and...

Gov’t to ensure OFWs feel warmth of ‘Filipino Christmas’

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. renewed his commitment to provide overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with more quality jobs in their home country, saying it is...

Messi makes Golden Ball history

DOHA – Lionel Messi has won the Adidas Golden Ball for Qatar 2022, with Kylian Mbappe and Luka Modric claiming the Silver and Bronze Balls. Lionel Messi...

Messi, Argentina seize World Cup glory with epic win over France

ISTANBUL – Lionel Messi crowned his spectacular career with football’s ultimate prize as Argentina overcame France on penalties in a thrilling World Cup final on Sunday. The...

Elon Musk launches poll: ‘Should I step down as head of Twitter?’

HOUSTON, US – Elon Musk dropped a bombshell on Twitter users Sunday, launching a poll with a loaded question about his future at the social media platform....

Not Big Brother, but close: a surveillance expert explains some of the ways we’re all being watched, all the time

A group of researchers studied 15 months of human mobility movement data taken from 1.5 million people and concluded that just four points in space and...

Clearer rules on reporting companies’ climate risks could soon put us on a path to decarbonising corporate Australia

Longtermism – why the million-year philosophy can’t be ignored

In 2017, the Scottish philosopher William MacAskill coined the name “longtermism” to describe the idea “that positively affecting the long-run future is a key moral priority...