Category Archives: Technology

Law Enforcement, Religion, Technology

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Filipinos Try To Beat The SIN Registration Deadline!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are flocking to their churches to beat the April 26 deadline to register their sins.

The Adobo Chronicles is reporting that there are long queues at confessional boxes at parish churches nationwide.

Apparently, the news and social media coverage of the impending deadline have caused some confusion among Roman Catholic Pinoys.

Many read or heard wrong about the SIM card registration deadline.

Moral of the story: one letter in the alphabet can make a whole lot of difference in the lives of people.

So if you have registered your sins, also remember to register your SIMs!

Business, Technology

Tens Of Thousands Of Philippine Call Center Staff Face Layoff!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Who needs programmers, call center agents, strategic planners, business proposal writers, financial analysts when AI can do all that for the price of one.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is replacing real humans in many business endeavors and even in academia.

The Philippines’ leading call centers have jointly announced that they will be laying off most of their employees and replacing them with AI service. The companies said that AI will save them millions of pesos (dollars for some) in salaries and benefits to human employees as well as in infrastructure, equipment and utility bills.

This is bad news not only for call center employees but the new bar passers who were looking forward to working at call centers while establishing their law practice and reputation.

Environment, International, Technology, The Media

Nobel Laureates Stand Up For Nuclear Plants, Maria Ressa Is Missing!

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BERLIN, Germany (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – Nobel laureates and leading scientists are urging German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to stop his country’s nuclear exit, saying that eliminating this major source of low-carbon power while reopening coal power plants endangers the global climate.

Visibly absent from this group of Nobel laureates is Maria Ressa.

The Adobo Chronicles reached out to Ressa at her posh Rappler office and asked her why she hasn’t added her name to this urging.

She said science, environment and technology are way beyond her limited expertise, and added, “But you can ask me anything about the law being weaponized to curtail press freedom, holding the line, death by a thousand cuts, how to stand up to a dictator or a lie told a thousand times becoming the truth, then we can talk!”

Well, no one can be all-knowing.