Category: General

Tacloban: Three former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels from Eastern Samar province on Friday received financial assistance under the Enhanced-Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Each received PHP65,000, distributed at the conference hall of the provincial capitol in Borongan City. Alias “Raffy” from Barangay Osmeña, General MacArthur and alias “Jumong” from Barangay Pinanag-an, Borongan City, both in Eastern Samar, surrendered to the 78th Infantry Battalion on May 15, 2023; while alias “Bañez” from Barangay Yabon, Hinabangan, Samar surrendered to the 78th Infantry Battalion on June 15, 2022. ‘The provincial government has various

Manila: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) would conduct road repair and reblocking activities covering various road sections in five cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) this weekend. In an advisory, the DPWH said the road works will start from 11 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday (Oct. 21) in Quezon City, Mandaluyong, Caloocan, Navotas and Malabon. In Mandaluyong City, asphalt overlaying will be conducted along, Connecticut Street to Rochester Street (EDSA/buslane/southbound), Ortigas Avenue to Berkeley Street (EDSA/buslane/southbound) and Pioneer to Reliance Street (EDSA/buslane/northbound). Concrete reblocking will be done along SM North EDSA to Nueva Ecija Ext.

Manila: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday reduced the total volume offering of the BSP bills (BSPB) to PHP160 billion from PHP190 billion in the previous week. In a statement, Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr. said the allocation mix was lowered to PHP60 billion from PHP70 billion for the 28-day tenor and PHP100 billion from PHP120 billion for the 56-day tenor. The weighted average interest rates fell by 3.31 basis points to 6.3136 percent for the 28-day tenor. The average interest rate for the 56-day tenor meanwhile, also fell by 3.70 basis points to 6.3255 percent. Dakila said

Legazpi: At least 18 aspirants of various elective positions in the Bicol region have filed a withdrawal of their certificates of candidacy (COCs), the regional office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday. Comelec 5 (Bicol Region) Director Maria Juana Valeza said in an interview on Friday that the withdrawal of COCs equates to a withdrawal of candidacy from the position they are running for. “The filing of the Statement of Withdrawal must be done personally. However, it can also be done with special power of attorney provided that they have a verified medical certificate that the aspirant cannot

Istanbul: Taiwan researchers claimed to have developed the world’s smallest quantum computer, marking the first use of a single photon to execute quantum algorithms. The team of researchers led by Prof. Chuu Chih-sung at Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has demonstrated the box-sized computer’s ability, Focus Taiwan reported on Thursday. Chuu explained that his team’s small quantum computer encodes information into “32 time-bins or dimensions” within the wave packet of a single high-dimensional photon, a fundamental particle in electromagnetic interactions. Photons not only maintain stable quantum states at room temperature, reducing energy costs compared to quantum computers requiring cooling,