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Globe Business’ second year of Cyberheist empowers leaders amidst growing cyber threats

mj_adminOctober 21, 2025October 21, 202505 mins

Cyberheist 2025 brought together key voices in cybercrime prevention and digital trust (from left): Oliver Patron, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at Globe Business; Emmanuel Barcena, President and CEO of Philippine Clearing House Corporation; and Robert Paguia, Division Chief of International Cooperation on Cybercrime and Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center…

Always Store Water for Emergency Use!

mj_adminOctober 21, 2025October 21, 202501 mins

video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FQSUkP2XT Be always prepared.

Globe Introduces SMS Scam Shield to Help Protect Customers from Rising Text-Based Scams

mj_adminOctober 21, 2025October 21, 202504 mins

Free protection now available to Android users via the GlobeOne app Globe has launched a new SMS Scam Shield feature on the GlobeOne app to help protect users from the growing threat of text-based phishing attacks, particularly those sent through spoofed Globe or GCash sender IDs. The feature, currently available to Android users, is Globe’s…

PH, Davao travel agencies ink partnership for 2026 Travel Tour Expo in Davao

mj_adminOctober 17, 2025October 17, 202504 mins

In Photo: PTAA executive vice president Jaison Yang and DTAA president Gian Carlo Caguiat formalized their partnership to bring the Travel Tour Expo (TTE) VisMin Edition to Davao City in 2026. (Photo courtesy of Floreces Logronio-Tadla) By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – The Philippines Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) and the Davao Travel Agencies Association (DTAA) officially…

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa renews call for responsible gun ownership

mj_adminOctober 17, 2025October 17, 202505 mins

In Photo: Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa graced the opening of the “25th Tactical, Survival, and Arms Expo 2025” at SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang in Davao City on Thursday, October 16. (Photo by Mark Cardona) By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa renewed his call for responsible gun ownership and…

The ICC’s War on Sovereignty: How the Hague’s Attack on the Dutertes Ignited a Nation (FROM THE POSTS: OPTIC Politics)

mj_adminOctober 17, 2025October 17, 2025016 mins

—The ICC’s decision to name Vice President Sara Duterte in denying Rodrigo Duterte’s interim release is no longer about justice — it’s about politics, power, and the 2028 elections. What the Hague started as a legal case has now transformed into a political awakening across the Philippines.—— The Court That Played Politics. The International Criminal…

Independent Commission or Political Illusion? (Editorial by Carlo Manubag)

mj_adminOctober 17, 2025October 17, 202504 mins

When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. created the so-called Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) through Executive Order No. 94, the public was told this was a bold step to cleanse the government of corruption — particularly in flood control projects where billions have been wasted. But as the weeks pass, and the rhetoric grows louder than…

Who needs a state witness? (LETTERS FROM DAVAO by Jun Ledesma)

mj_adminOctober 17, 2025October 17, 202504 mins

In a country mired in corruption the rule of law favors and protects the confederates of the kleptocracy and threatens those who oppose and stand against their supremacy. The Senate investigation typifies this anomaly. When ret. Marine Msgt. Orly Guteza showed up in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and revealed under oath the revolting details…

Maguindanao del Sur Rising! (FOOD FOR THOUGHT by Manny Pinol)

mj_adminOctober 17, 2025October 17, 202505 mins

What I thought earlier to be just a friendly visit by a son of Maguindanao del Sur Governor Datu Ali Midtimbang may yet turn out to be the start of the transformation of this former troubled province into a major food production area. Yesterday, Datu Anggal Mayor Nathaniel Midtimbang, former Vice Governor during the previous…

A Tax Holiday or Just a Political Pampalubag-Loob? (THE THIRD EYE by Carlo Manubag)

mj_adminOctober 17, 2025October 17, 202502 mins

Senator Erwin Tulfo recently proposed a one-month tax holiday, supposedly to ease the financial burden brought about by massive corruption in government. On the surface, it may sound like a kind gesture to help ordinary citizens. But dig a little deeper, and the cracks in this idea become too glaring to ignore. For one, such…