My dear countrymen, it may not mean anything significant, but I am curious why President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly offering Elon Musk to handle both artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto currency in the next administration. The reports are sketchy, but Musk was also supposedly offered to run the proposed Dept. of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an offer that Musk will reportedly decline, because he would rather be a “volunteer IT consultant” himself. What these bits of information are telling us, is that AI, cryptocurrency and government efficiency are all in one loop, at least in the mind of incoming President Trump. From what I hear, Musk is attributing government inefficiency to outdated software that is being used in the government, an issue that no one has dared to bring out in the Philippines. I wonder what Musk is alluding to? Perhaps what he means is that the software of the US government is outdated because it does not use AI, and it also does not yet honor cryptocur...
Batac native Noralyn Dudt speaks before members of the Annak ti Batac-Canada On May 10, 2025 the Annak ti Batac Association of Canada held its 21 st Inaugural Ball to celebrate and to induct its new officers. Noralyn Onto Dudt was invited to deliver the keynote address and below was her message: Naimbag nga rabii yu amin apo kakailian . It was nice getting to meet so many of you yesterday at our “Meet & Greet”. So many wonderful memories of my childhood in Batac came flooding back. I'm very thankful to Dr. Rubio—my Manong Don—and the officers of the Annak ti Batac Association of Canada for giving me this opportunity. It's quite an honor and I will be forever grateful. I hope I will not disappoint. Let us focus on why and how Batac is called the "home of great leaders." Notice the "great"....it's not just leaders, but GREAT Leaders! But allow me to tell a little story as a prologue to that. At our Lutheran Church in Bethesda, Maryland we ...