President Bongbong Marcos, POTUS Donald Trump, suspected Chinese spies, DeepSeek AI, and the Philippines' education crisis
President Marcos has a few words for China and questions for President Trump; six Chinese men are suspected of spying on our coast guard and navy; DeepSeek AI disrupts global tech and pushes Chinese propaganda; Filipino students are found lagging behind in literacy. These are the top news stories from January 26 to February 1, 2025.
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#5 Marcos to meet with Trump on migrant Filipinos; White House revokes spending freeze in face of legal challenges
#4 Marcos offers China a ‘deal’: Want US missiles out? Leave West Philippine Sea; Philippine soldiers to train on US Typhon missile system
#3 PH sees ‘more arrests’ as suspected Chinese spies nabbed in Manila; What we know so far about China’s alleged spying on PCG, Navy in Palawan; Hontiveros on grant of PH citizenship to Li Duan Wang: ‘Hindi pa ba tayo natuto?’
#2 Chinese AI startup DeepSeek overtakes ChatGPT on Apple App Store; DeepSeek asserts China’s claims on West PH Sea, mum on Xi Jinping, Tiananmen
#1 Filipino students 4 to 5 years behind expected literacy standards; 4 in 10 Filipino college students dropping out despite free tuition law; Philippines’ ‘best’ students left behind due to lack of gov’t support
Watch the video to get a quick yet comprehensive overview of these stories. – Rappler.com
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