Artificial intelligence (Unsplash) Citing privacy and security concerns, the House of Representatives has told its workers not to use artificial intelligence (AI) image generators. This was done in a memorandum dated Oct. 23, 2023 and titled, "Use of...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino on Saturday, Oct. 21, raised the issue of using artificial intelligence (AI)-aided election campaign and propaganda materials. Tolentino raised this issue before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and requested further study for future policy formulation,...
DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) Are you planning to try the viral "yearbook trend" where social media users upload their photos to an artificial intelligence (AI) photo generator that produces an enhanced image of themselves patterned like yearbook photos? If so, the Department of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Did you know that the Makabayan bloc filed a bill that sought transparency for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) even before the militants took to task Vice President Sara Duterte on the hot button issue? Makabayan member ACT...
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Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, October 15 questioned the criticisms being hurled at Vice President Sara Duterte regarding the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) request of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) for 2024. The...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook, Malacañang photo) The administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte represented an enormous 900 percent increase from its direct predecessor when it comes to...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 11 agencies were affected by the House of Representatives' rationalization of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Wednesday, October 11 that he will fight for the confidential funds of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). This was after the agency was stripped of its confidential funds under the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires has formally asked the Senate and the House of Representatives to significantly decrease the P51-million confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) allocated to his office to P1-million under the proposed 2024 national budget. In his letter to Sen. Juan...
The national government spent P3.67 billion and P5.66 billion in confidential and intelligence funds, respectively, in 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) disclosed in its Annual Financial Report (AFR) on national government agencies. The government's use of confidential and intelligence funds...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte defended Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte’s request for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs), saying that she intended to use it to make military training compulsory again for high school and college students. (From left) Former...
