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𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐄: 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐀? 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄! Senator Imee Marcos has urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to review a recent memorandum order that will limit the type of fertilizer that rice farmers can use. Signed on April 27, Memorandum Order 32 (MO 32) promotes the distribution of yet unnamed biofertilizers to rice farmers nationwide, in place of inorganic urea. Farmers' groups reaching out to Marcos's office expressed fears that the government project could put their crop yields and potential income at risk. "Biofertilizers benefit soil ecosystems but can they duplicate past levels of rice production?" the senator asked. Marcos noted that the El Niño phenomenon's near certainty this year already poses a threat to rice production, with water allocated for irrigation from Angat Dam scheduled to be cut. "Biofertilizers still need to be tested on a sufficient scale to prove that rice production costs can be lower...

𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝟏𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 - Leading fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has reported a double-digit consolidated revenue growth of 11.5% to P8.6 billion from January to March this year compared to the same period last year, driven by its industry-leading subscriber acquisition and thriving enterprise business. Converge continued to expand its residential subscriber base with net additions reaching 43,000, with postpaid subscribers accounting for 67% and prepaid fiber subscribers consisting of the remaining 33% of the net subscriber additions. As of Q1 2023, Converge has 1.9 million postpaid and nearly 30,000 prepaid fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) subscribers. CNVRG 1Q 2023 Briefing Meanwhile, the company's enterprise revenues reached its highest growth rate since 2020, surging 32.4% year-on-year to P1.2 billion in the first quarter of the year on the back of robust overall growth across all subsegments - small and medium enterp...

  FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION OF VOTERS FOR 2023 BARANGAY ELECTIONS? Imee urges Senate inquiry Senator Imee R Marcos has filed a resolution to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the alleged fraudulent voters registration for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. "Despite earnest efforts of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to enforce the law, problems pertaining to the so-called flying voters or voters who are registered in multiple precincts, and those who are not bona fide residents of the place where they are registered in, still persist," the senator stated. The resolution cited a report on 31 March 2022 saying that the COMELEC detected 892,627 double registrations for the 2022 National and Local Elections. Then COMELEC Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said that charges will be filed against double or multiple registrants and noted that “good faith" is not a good defense in election cases. In an online article published by the Phil...

  𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐎, "𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑," 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐔! In case you missed it, PLAYER TWO, Davao's homegrown talent and the band behind the trending single “That's My Baby,” went on stage at Ayala Malls Central Bloc last April 21, 2023 The band made waves as young people crowded over the AMCB Activity Center. Composed of established artists from Davao who came together to make music but were surprised themselves when their catchy song, “That's My Baby,” went viral on Youtube when it was released last year. The song also garnered over 4 Million views on Spotify making them it to the top of Spotify's list in 2022. This was then followed by another hit, their latest single “Tiktiktokin,” a reference to the sound of the clock. A few of their famous songs include, “HYDF” and “Talk Straight.” Two of Cebu's promising performers, Jetter and MCREL warmed up the crowd as their opening event. Jetter ...

IMEE: REGULATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE Ahead of the resumption of Senate sessions next week, Senator Imee Marcos filed a resolution on Friday calling for an inquiry into the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and its possible displacement of workers in the country's services and manufacturing sectors. Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development, expressed concern about the imminent loss of jobs particularly in business process outsourcing (BPO) and original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies, which she credited for having shown huge potential in job creation despite the pandemic. "AI is developing faster than most people can comprehend and is threatening to take away jobs and turn employment growth upside down," the senator warned. "Will call center agents and factory workers soon be treated as dispensable, after propping up our economy during a global health crisis?" she asked, citing...

  𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 Hello Chicken Wings lovers. Here is a promo you don't want to miss. Tabsilogan D'Cebu is serving unlimited chicken wings at 199 pesos. Crunchy on the outside and super juicy inside. Their Chicken wings is bound to satisfy your chicken cravings. With 10 Flavors to choose from and by the way, did we mention it comes with unli rice too? What are you waiting for?! Diretso na sa Tabsilogan D' Cebu og tilawi na kini nga mga flavors: 1.honey glazed 2.garlic parmesan 3.sweet & spicy 4.buffalo extra hot 5.barbeque 6.thousand island 7.gravy 8.garlic mayo 9.sweet & sour 10.cheesey TAKE NOTE: Promo is for dine in only. No take out, no left overs. Located at SQUINA CENTRALE building 2ndfloor Lucio Lopez drive calamba Cebu City beside calamba fitness gym. Effective: May 2,2023 Starts: 6pm to 3am for reservations please call 09772966489 You can pay cash, bank transfer or via Gcash app. #Ta...

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