Friday, June 16, 2023

Sara Duterte opposes plan for PH to host Afghan refugees

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Sara Duterte opposes plan for PH to host Afghan refugees

Vice President Sara Duterte has opposed a US request to bring in 50,000 Afghans fleeing their Taliban-led country to the Philippines prior to their relocation to the United States, citing possible security threats and violations of the country’s sovereignty.

ILO urges PH to probe killings of unionists

A committee of the International Labor Organization (ILO) doubled down on its call to the Philippine government to investigate alleged killings of unionists and hold perpetrators to account, saying that violations of workers’ rights to organize remain unresolved.

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CONTINUOUS LEARNING As Mayon Volcano “bleeds” Thursday night, a teacher at Taladong Elementary School in Camalig, Albay, remains undeterred, holding a class for some evacuees earlier that day. _{PHOTO BY MARK ALVIC ESPLANA}

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Southeast Asia to set ‘guardrails’ on AI with new governance code -sources

Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose “guardrails” on the booming technology, five officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

OPINION: Women and their ‘double burden’

The government, saddled as it is by the pressing economic and social needs, must review its progress, or lack of it, on the implementation of the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment 2019-2025 which outlines actions needed to achieve the goal of improving the lives and status of Filipino women ... Women, after all, are the nation’s caregivers, eking out time even after a long day’s work, to look after their families and care for the ailing and aged.

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Friday, June 16, 2023