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Dissecting Data: The Philippines under a reenacted budget

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Updated as of Mar 14 05:33 PM

In 2001, 2004 and 2006, the government operated under the old budget the entire year. Read more »

US prosecutors probing Facebook's data deals, New York Times says

Reuters
Posted at Mar 14 10:36 AM

US federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook Inc struck with some of the world's largest technology companies, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Read more »

Lalaki arestado sa reklamong 'sextortion' ng 19 anyos

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 09:42 PM

Inaresto sa Pasay City noong Martes ang isang lalaki matapos umanong magbanta sa isang babae na ipakakalat ang mga maseselang larawan nito kung hindi makikipagtalik sa kaniya.  Read more »

Healthcare organizations are battling phishing

Linda Carroll, Reuters
Posted at Mar 09 04:33 PM

Many healthcare organizations remain vulnerable to phishing attacks, a new study finds.   Read more »

Dissecting Data: Women in politics

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 06:18 PM

Six out of 24 Philippine senators are women. For International Women's month, ABS-CBN's Data Analytics team highlighted women in politics.  Read more »

Marriott CEO apologies for data breach, vows improvements

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Mar 07 11:51 PM

Marriott International Inc Chief Executive Arne Sorenson apologized on Thursday before a U.S. Senate panel for a massive data breach involving up to 383 million guests in its Starwood hotels reservation system and vowed to protect against future attacks. Read more »

Unemployment at 5.2 pct, underemployment at 15.6 pct in January

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 03:37 PM

The unemployment rate in January 2019 was steady from 5.1 percent in October 2018 and 5.3 percent in January 2018, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Read more »

One more time, with big data: Measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism

Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 06 11:55 AM

The new research confirms what has long been widely accepted in the scientific community, and it echoes findings of a 2002 study by members of the same team of scientists about the vaccine, known as MMR because it protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Read more »

Some 4.5 pct of US adults identify as LGBT - study

Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Posted at Mar 06 06:03 AM

An estimated 4.5 percent of US adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and they tend to be younger and poorer than the population at large, according to an analysis of polling data released on Tuesday. Read more »

2019 Senatorial polls: Does a new kid on the block have a fighting chance?

Edson Joseph Guido, Head, ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team
Updated as of Mar 04 05:34 PM

This year’s senatorial elections can potentially be one of the most competitive ever given the field of candidates. This makes it more challenging for the new faces to crack the Magic 12, compared to previous elections.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: Hitting and missing economic targets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 10:16 AM

How did President Rodrigo Duterte's government fare against targets on growth, inflation and other key indicators in 2018? Warren de Guzman and ABS-CBN Data Analytics dig deeper into the numbers in this report. Read more »

Back to black: Cathay says it has ended 2 years of losses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 03:55 PM

The airline said it expects to record a consolidated profit of around $293 million for 2018, compared with $160 million losses the year before, according to a preliminary profit alert. Read more »

China data leak exposes mass surveillance in Xinjiang

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 08:33 PM

A Chinese technology firm has compiled a range of personal information on 2.6 million people in Xinjiang -- from their ethnicity to locations -- according to a data leak highlighting the wide extent of surveillance in the restive region. Read more »

Dissecting data: Overseas Filipinos' remittances reach new record high

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 08:38 PM

Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos posted a new record of almost 3.2 billion dollars in December 2018. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Rising costs of Valentine's Day goods

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 03:59 PM

Prices of certain commodities such as chocolate, food, wine and champagne are rising as demand surges because of Valentine's Day. Read more »

Google to spend over $13-billion on US data centers, offices

Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 09:06 AM

With the new investment Google will now be in 24 out of the 50 states in the US. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Trade deficit narrows in Dec but widens to record in 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 08:50 PM

The Philippines' trade deficit narrowed to a three-month low in December last year. But the $41.4 billion trade gap booked for the whole of 2018 was also the widest on record.    Read more »

Epekto ng taas-presyo sa budget masusukat sa Pinoy Inflation Calculator

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 08:57 PM

Naglabas ang ABS-CBN Data Analytics ng Pinoy Inflation Calculator para masukat ang epekto ng inflation sa bawat Pilipino. Read more »

Fury at HIV data leak in conservative Singapore

Sam Reeves, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 02:26 PM

Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month, he got a phone call saying information about his condition had been published online. Read more »

Germany to restrict Facebook's data gathering activities

Douglas Busvine, Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 11:24 PM

BONN, Germany - Facebook has been ordered to curb its data collection practices in Germany after a landmark ruling on Thursday that the world's largest social network abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their consent. Read more »