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EDITORIAL - Safer internetfor children

Apart from national security and the need to protect government information networks, there is another reason to boost capabilities for fighting cyber threats: protecting children from sexual predators......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 18th, 2024

EDITORIAL — Finally, a world-class airport?

The Philippines was one of the first countries in Asia to have a modern airport......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 16th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Compromised data

The Department of Education is verifying reports that its information system has been breached, with a hacker claiming to have harvested 750 gigabytes so far of DepEd data including banking details and information on students and teachers. Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard took down yesterday its account on X, formerly Twitter, after its tweets were wiped out......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 15th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Ash Wednesday tragedy

Religious devotion turned to tragedy yesterday after a portion of the balcony of a church in Bulacan came crashing down, hitting people attending Ash Wednesday mass......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 14th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Roadmap for the maritime industry

In an archipelago of 7,641 islands, development of a maritime industry has been a necessity since pre-colonial times......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 14th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Disruptive threats

Schools suspended classes and work was disrupted in government agencies that were hit by bomb threats yesterday in Metro Manila, several provinces in Luzon and in Cebu......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 12th, 2024

EDITORIAL — Pandering

There’s a reason for the existence of the regional tripartite wages and productivity boards......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 11th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Secessionist aspirations

After initially ignoring the call for Mindanao secession aired by his predecessor, President Marcos said it was “anchored on a false premise” and is a “sheer constitutional travesty.”.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 10th, 2024

EDITORIAL — Miracle

There was good news on the eve of the Lunar New Year: a baby boy and an older girl were pulled out of the rubble buried under mud yesterday in the landslide-hit Barangay Masara in the town of Maco, Davao de Oro......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 9th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Underperformers

In yet another reminder of the crisis in Philippine education, the Senate was informed this week that only one government-run high school in Metro Manila obtained the minimum proficiency level in the latest Program for International Student Assessment......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 9th, 2024

EDITORIAL — Deepfakes in the 2025 polls

In the 2022 general elections, advocates for clean and honest polls lamented the widespread use of digital technology for spreading misinformation and disinformation to influence the vote......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 7th, 2024

EDITORIAL - NTF-ELCAC abolition

The government believes “total victory” over communist rebels is possible this year, according to Jonathan Malaya, the assistant director general for strategic communications of the National Security Council......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 6th, 2024

EDITORIAL — Love scammers

With the approach of the day of hearts, government agencies led by the Philippine National Police, the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center are warning the public against love scams......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 6th, 2024

EDITORIAL — Advanced persistent threat

Cybersecurity experts have been warning about the threat for some time now: hacking of government websites, with the attacks originating from foreign countries......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 5th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Another animal pestilence

Even as the hog industry is still grappling with African swine fever, another threat to livestock is on the horizon......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 3rd, 2024

EDITORIAL — 115th in transparency

With the recent controversy involving secret funds for both national and local government agencies, people may question the improvement, slight as it is at just one notch, in the Philippines’ ranking in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 2nd, 2024

EDITORIAL - Calls for justice

Whether or not it’s part of the ongoing political warfare, the re-emergence of former Davao City policeman Arturo Lascañas revives the issue of the state’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs, with justice still elusive for victims of extrajudicial killings......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 2nd, 2024

EDITORIAL - Trust deficit

Even President Marcos has acknowledged that the latest people’s initiative to amend the Constitution has become so politicized it is no longer looking like a viable route to lift economic restrictions in.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 1st, 2024

EDITORIAL – Support for entertainment

For the first time ever, 10 Philippine movies are being shown simultaneously in Hollywood. All 10 entries in the recent Metro Manila Film Festival are being screened from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, for the inaugural Manila International Film Festival......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 30th, 2024

EDITORIAL — The untouchables

As President Marcos and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte swapped charges of illegal drug use, one question inevitably came up: if they are both sure of their allegations, why hasn’t either of them been charged or arrested on drug-related offenses?.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 30th, 2024