Apple on Monday unveiled new artificial intelligence advances, including upgrades to its Siri assistant, emphasizing a focus on privacy and day-to-day use as the iPhone maker tries to catch up to rivals when it comes to AI. Siri AI, which was introduced at the start of Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference, has been highly

MANILA – Acting Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Giovanni Lopez announced the reopening of the General Santos Airport on Tuesday for disaster response, with commercial flights to resume in a week. In a statement, Lopez said the airport will allow military, humanitarian, government, and cargo flights to ensure the smooth implementation of disaster response after

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said no earthquake swarms have been recorded in Cebu recently, but the island remains vulnerable to a major earthquake from its active fault systems.

MANILA, Philippines — No jackpot was won in the PCSO lotto draws on Tuesday, June 9. According to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Ultra Lotto 6/58 had the combination 42-07-23-41-56-44 for a ₱75 million jackpot. No ticket won the prize. READ: No winners in June 6 Grand Lotto, Lotto jackpots Super Lotto 6/49 had the

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 62-2026, extending to June 30, 2026 certain tax filing, payment, and document submission deadlines for taxpayers registered. They are for RDO No. 110 (General Santos City and Sarangani) and RDO No. 111 (South Cotabato) which was affected by the recent

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 1,501 police officers have been sanctioned for violations of law enforcement rules and procedures from January 1 to June 3, 2026, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the PNP detailed that, among the 1,501 allegedly erring police officers, 436 were dismissed from the police

MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara has directed a comprehensive disaster response for 267 schools heavily affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Mindanao, deploying emergency classrooms, learning packets, and clean-up operations to the affected areas. In response to this crisis, Secretary Angara emphasized that while resource deployment is fast-tracked, the immediate safety and