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• Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople dies

Migrant Workers Secretary Susan ‘Toots’ Ople, a long-time advocate for overseas Filipino workers, dies Tuesday, August 22. She was 61.

• Cop allegedly asked witness to say Jemboy Baltazar had illegal drugs

A cop allegedly asked a witness in the killing of 17-year-old Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar to say the teenager had illegal drugs.

• Is P20/kilo rice possible within 2 years? ‘Baka mahirap po,’ says DA

The agriculture department says it would be difficult to lower the price of rice to P20 in the immediate future.

• AI-generated art cannot receive copyrights, US court says

A United States court says a work of art created by artificial intelligence without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law.

• Elon Musk’s X plans to hide headlines in news posts – report

Business site Fortune says X owner Elon Musk plans to remove the headline and link text for news articles shared on the social media platform leaving only an image and the link on a shared article.

• PITX offers free bus rides for FIBA World Cup game attendees

The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange is offering free rides from its terminal to the Philippine Arena in Bulacan for the FIBA World Cup kick-off games on Friday, August 25.

• Potato Corner apologizes for viral ‘discriminatory’ job posting

Snack firm Potato Corner apologizes over an ‘inappropriate job posting’ that went viral over the weekend saying it does not support or condone discriminatory hiring. — Rappler.com