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House approves bill hiking road users' tax starting 2020
The proposed tax increases are expected to generate P9 billion that would go to the general fund for road safety and the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program
Robredo: More funds needed for separate rehab centers for drug users, pushers
'Tingin natin kailangan dapat mas bigyan ng malaking budget iyong DOH para magawa nila iyong dapat nilang gawin,' says Vice President Leni Robredo
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House panel OKs bill increasing road users’ tax starting 2020
House committee on ways and means chairperson Joey Salceda estimates the tax increases would yield P9 billion, which would help fund the PUV Modernization Program
[ANALYSIS] How Duterte’s exaggerations worsened the Philippines’ drug problem
We’ve come to a point where drugs can be literally fished out of our waters. How can anyone hear these stories and reasonably claim them to be signs of success?
Suspect in Cotabato City bombing surrenders | Evening wRap
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Duterte wants road user's tax revenues for Manila Bay cleanup, hospitals
But since the law states that road user's tax proceeds can only be used for road maintenance projects, President Duterte will wait for the Road Board's abolition before asking Congress to allow such use of the funds
Lawmakers, engineers request P5B in road users’ tax funds
House Majority Leader Andaya Jr's list shows the requests of legislators and engineers approved by the graft-riddled Road Board, but the funds have not been released to them
Arroyo signature in Road Board abolition bill 'ministerial' – Malacañang
(UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte may sign the bill into law even without House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's signature, says Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo
Diokno: Lawmakers eyeing road users' tax for campaign
(3rd UPDATE) Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno fires back at members of the House of Representatives accusing him of corruption
House won’t abolish graft-ridden Road Board, says Andaya
Senators are urging President Rodrigo Duterte to sign into law the bill that would scrap the graft-ridden agency that oversees the funds from the road users' tax
Diokno reserving road tax funds for admin allies? 'Nonsense,' says Panelo
Malacañang maintains that President Rodrigo Duterte still wants the Road Board abolished
Senate urges Malacañang to stop release of funds from road user’s tax
The passage of the resolution comes amid an apparent deadlock between the Senate and the House of Representatives, after the latter rescinded its approval of the bill seeking to abolish the Road Board
Facebook mulled charging for access to user data
A report that internal emails indicated Facebook mulled charging companies for access to user data are referred to in a lawsuit filed against the social network in 2015 by Six4Three, creator of a failed app called 'Pikinis'
Google accused of manipulation to track users
The complaints cite a study by the Norwegian Consumer Council which concluded Google used 'deceptive design and misleading information, which results in users accepting to be constantly tracked'
Did you know that some PH cities have more Facebook users than actual population?
Iloilo City has the highest number of Facebook users with 223.22%-334.83% of the population actively using the social media platform monthly, followed by Cebu City
Data privacy laws may have lost Facebook 1 million European users
Facebook is estimated to have already lost over 3 million users in the second quarter
Over 3.4 billion people actively use social media – report
Around 320 million people signed up for social media since September last year which accounted for a 10% growth in users
Facebook purges 251 accounts to thwart deception
Facebook removes 559 pages and 251 accounts that consistently violated rules against spam and 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'
Why do so many people fall for fake profiles online?
Mistakenly thinking each friend request has come from a real person may cause people to accept friend requests simply to be polite and not hurt someone else’s feelings
Twitter bug may have exposed some users' customer service interactions
Twitter says the bug only affected less than 1% of its users and that the bug has been resolved
After scandals, many Americans step away from Facebook – survey
The Pew Research Center report finds 42% of US Facebook users said they had 'taken a break' from the platform in the past 12 months, and 26% said they had deleted the Facebook app from their phone
YouTube's viewing stats track how long you spend watching videos
You will now see how much time you spent viewing content today, yesterday, and over the past week.
Instagram adds verified accounts to 'stop bad actors'
High-profile accounts will now be able to request for a verification process
Facebook assigns users a 'reputation score' to counter false reports
Facebook is also monitoring which users have a propensity to flag content published by others as problematic, and which publishers are considered trustworthy by users
How compassionate pragmatism can help drug users
Dr. Andrew Tatarsky: 'We don’t have to dismantle our traditional treatments but extending our reach enables us to engage people in the early stage'
Bishop David on drug users: They're drug victims, too
'Isn't it obvious that they are also victims, and that they also need to be saved, not killed?' says Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, reacting to SONA 2018
Stop assuming all drug users are addicts – Ateneo professor
Ateneo psychology professor Regina Hechanova says the stigma erodes law enforcement and rehabilitation programs
Majority of PH internet users see 'fake news' as serious issue – SWS
The numbers from the Social Weather Stations surveys in March 2018 and December 2017 indicate that respondents' perceived seriousness of the fake news issue is directly related to the frequency of their use of the internet
Facebook 'not aware of any abuse' of data by phone makers
Facebook does not deny the Times story but says it 'disagreed' with the issues raised
Rappler Talk: UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye on how platforms can address hate speech online
The interview takes up highlights of a report the Special Rapporteur submitted to the UN Human Rights Council where he proposes a human rights-based approach to regulating user-generated content online
Facebook suspends 200 apps over data misuse
'We have large teams of internal and external experts working hard to investigate these apps as quickly as possible,' says an officer of Facebook
Facebook adds 67 million monthly active users despite scandal
The number of daily active users has also grown, with an increase of 48 million users from 1.401 billion to 1.449 billion in total
Spotify adds on-demand playlist for free users
The revamped free tier app now lets users pick songs to listen to in select playlists, instead of having them in shuffled playback
SC on drug war documentation, FBI probe on Quiboloy church, Grindr on HIV data | Evening wRap
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Facing outcry over data breach, Facebook again overhauls privacy settings
(UPDATED) The updates include improved access to Facebook's user settings and tools to easily search for, download and delete personal data stored by Facebook
Duterte on political dynasties, Bus crash, Cambridge Analytica controversy| Midday wRap
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Senate approves bill seeking to abolish 'corrupt' Road Board
The Commission on Audit has found the agency misappropriated P90.7 billion in road user's tax
171,000 Filipinos affected by 2016 data breach – Uber
Uber says exposed were the phone numbers, email addresses and registered names of affected Filipino users
Malaysia probes leak of 46 million phone users' data
The breach is originally reported by local technology website Lowyat.net after unidentified individuals offered the phone data, from several telecoms companies, and other personal information for sale on a public forum on the site
'Globe on strike too?': Netizens complain about network's service interruptions
Netizens take to social media their frustration over the network's service interruptions, putting 'Globe' to the top trending topics in the Philippines on Monday morning
At U.N., Cayetano bloats number of drug users to 7 million
If Secretary Cayetano is to be believed, this means President Duterte's drug war is failing, because the number of drug addicts has doubled since he took office
Senate vows to speed up bill abolishing 'corrupt, arrogant' Road Board
Officials of the Road Board skip a budget hearing at the Senate, angering senators who now say they will fast-track the measure that seeks to abolish the board
Hackers obtain contact details of high-profile Instagram users
Instagram alerts all verified accounts of a hack that pilfered email addresses and phone numbers but not password details
Deadly highways: What makes Cagayan Valley roads crash-prone?
Central Luzon has the highest number of crash related deaths in 2014 but if numbers are divided by population Cagayan Valley comes out as the most crash prone
LTO to push for stricter driver's license exams
The Land Transportation Office LTO is adding a driver s simulation test into the driver licensing system on top of the usual written exam and practical test
'I was lucky I wore a seatbelt' – crash survivor
Einstein Rojas narrates how he survived a crash with a container van back in 2012
Motorcycle riders can't wear helmets in some parts of Bulacan?
Motorcycle riders are supposedly asked to remove their helmets when they enter Malolos City and neighboring Baliuag town
JV Ejercito bills seek to stop repeat of Nueva Ecija bus incident
Senator JV Ejercito hosts the forum Seats that Saves Lives in the Senate and pushes for bills to fill gaps in existing laws on road safety
Killer buses leave victims in their wake
9 563 of the 109 322 road crash incidents recorded by the Metro Manila Development Authority MMDA in 2016 involved buses
