Franco Jose C. Baroña
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PCG challenges Chinese research vessel (opens the original)
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THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday deployed a patrol vessel and aircraft to challenge a Chinese research vessel operating inside the country's exclusive economic zone off Batanes, prompting a China Coast Guard ship to move into the area and issue repeated radio challenges. The PCG said BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) closed in on the research vessel JIA HAI KE 7 to less than 100 yards at 7:55 a.m. and launched a rigid-hull inflatable boat to challenge its activities. The RHIB maneuvere
AI threatens PH jobs, expert says (opens the original)
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THE Philippines risks a growing mismatch between the jobs it has been preparing workers for and those most vulnerable to artificial intelligence, an international development expert warned. Elizabeth King, a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said the country has been investing heavily in training workers for occupations that are increasingly exposed to technological change, particularly clerical support jobs. “The jobs that are most vulnerable to artificial intelligence ar
PCG drives away Chinese militia vessel off Kota Island (opens the original)
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THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drove away a Chinese maritime militia vessel and 24 small boats after they were spotted fishing within 300 yards of Kota Island in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), the PCG said Tuesday. The incident occurred on Sept. 28 when Chinese Maritime Militia Vessel (CMMV) 9622 was monitored at about 10 a.m. approximately 1.2 nautical miles northwest of Kota Island. The CMMV subsequently launched 24 small boats, or sampans, each carrying two people. The boats spread out at
PCG investigates cargo accuracy in June Aster (opens the original)
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THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will determine whether any cargo aboard the fire-gutted MV June Aster was misdeclared, as it clarified Monday that the captain’s cargo declaration serves as the basis for the agency’s pre-departure inspection. PCG spokesman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said the vessel passed its pre-departure inspection (PDI) before it sailed, with no inconsistencies found between the documents submitted by the captain and what the PCG inspectors observed during the inspection. Howe
BuCor seeks court files before prisoner release (opens the original)
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THE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) wants additional court documents before releasing Cedric Lee and Deniece Cornejo, despite a Court of Appeals order directing their immediate release. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said Monday the bureau would request a copy of the Entry of Judgment from the Court of Appeals following its Sept. 25 order directing the immediate release of Lee and Cornejo, who were convicted in the serious illegal detention for ransom case filed by actor Vhong Na
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