This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page PHILIPPINES — The country’s leading e-wallet and digital financial services platform is attending the Philippines’ premier international startup conference which will take place in Cebu from November 14 to 15 GCash Chief Data Officer Sara Venturina will share her insights on the GCash approach to harnessing data and AI for financial inclusivity on the first day of GOAB alongside other stalwarts of the tech and startup community in the country and the region Sara will also sit as one of the speakers on the panel on AI Governance along with DICT Undersecretary Jocelle Batapa-Sigue and Prof Co-organized by the British Embassy in Manila this panel will explore the meaning of safe and responsible AI and key considerations for startups and government agencies in developing AI governance frameworks “FinTech companies like GCash use AI to drive convenience Sara explained that pioneering data initiatives and transformative growth have marked GCash’s journey secured strategic investments from Ant Financial and Ayala launched Pay QR to redefine cashless transactions GCash achieved unicorn and duacorn valuations closed funding rounds with major investors and upgraded its platform to improve scalability and security GCash institutionalized data practices and promoted ethical AI use during this period through its “Good Data for Good” charter GCash is committed to providing financial access and empowering Filipinos to achieve greater financial progress,” said Sara GCash recently introduced several AI-driven features to enhance user experience and reshape the fintech landscape Among the key innovations is Online PaySafe a security feature that uses multi-factor authentication to prevent scams and fraud The upgraded AI-powered Gigi chatbot can handle user queries and seamlessly connect users to live agents GScore AI assesses users’ creditworthiness based on app usage streamlining loan access without requiring additional documentation Hyper-personalized ads deliver tailored shopping offers based on user behavior GCoach AI provides personalized financial advice on budgeting offers users insurance against transaction fraud “The wide range of cutting-edge features we recently launched are designed to transform the fintech space and improve the consumer experience GCash hopes to build a future that is abundant and ethically data-driven “We are excited to hear GCash Chief Data Officer Sara Venturina share insights on responsible and ethical data and AI usage from the country’s premier e-wallet and digital financial services platform,” said Tina Amper “Venturina’s talk highlights the crucial contributions of women in the tech startup ecosystem a force that many are only now beginning to recognize,” Tina said “GCash’s FinTech journey as told by Venturina will surely be of interest to the over 500 entrepreneurs and global tech leaders expected to attend the Geeks On A Beach conference in Cebu this November,” added Tina Geeks On A Beach is a three-day global conference that brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs and renowned figures from the startup ecosystem to highlight the nation’s accomplishments in the startup arena This year’s GOAB will be held at JPark Island Resort Hotel in Mactan It is organized by geeksPH in partnership with the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) To join Geeks On A Beach, purchase tickets at https://geeksonabeach.com or email hello@geeksonabeach.com Discounted tickets are available for a limited period adobo Magazine is an official media partner of Geeks On A Beach An all-women team from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus in Singapore won the Creativity Prize in a nationwide competition by designing an autonomous food delivery system involving robots pulsed laser LiDAR sensing and a geospatial navigation and positioning system so we are naturally very excited about it,” said Kim Chua instructor and director of student success on Embry-Riddle’s Singapore Campus "This is also the first time we have registered an all-girls team in the competition Winning the award is a testimony and a validation of our students' creativity The team members are Anjana Mahesh Kumar, Suhasini Shekhar, Mithra Sakthivel, Humna Amad, Jean Samirah S. Venturina and Sumaiyathul Faaliha. All of the students are Aeronautics majors, except for Amad, who is studying Aviation Business Administration Rather than designate a team leader for their project the Hexa Eagles team divided leadership responsibilities among the group as a way to ensure maximum collaboration — they even opted to answer interview questions collectively “We all got to be leaders during at least one phase of the project,” they said “A lot of thinking went into bringing the most realistic plan that can be executed by a new company (to fruition).” The team’s entry in the 2022 Global Navigation Satellite System Innovation Challenge included an application to initiate and track orders the Bobo van transports and charges a robot which is then deployed to carry the purchased goods to the customer high-precision positioning system promoted by the Singapore Land Authority “Our solution’s main aim is toward sustainability reduction in human contact and making robot-delivery solutions user-friendly which we believed would be useful in the context of Singapore with its aging population and growing technology,” the team said In another corner of the Embry-Riddle community, at the Daytona Beach Campus, similar technology is currently being utilized to deliver food to students all around campus. The launch of the program in the summer of 2021 made Embry-Riddle the first Florida college to offer environmentally friendly robotic delivery assistant professor and academic officer on the Singapore Campus they said that the attention they received for being an all-woman team offered extra motivation to succeed “It gave us the encouragement to work harder on our project to hopefully inspire more people out there,” they said Posted In: Computers and Technology Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism Philippines – “Fraternity rumbles exist because of past impunity… The perpetrators must stand and suffer the legal consequences of their actions They must do so for there is an individual who now lies dead robbed of his dreams and the dreams of his family.” Thus read a 28-page Supreme Court (SC) decision upholding the conviction of 5 Scintilla Juris fraternity members for the murder of University of the Philippines (UP) scholar Dennis Venturina The decision was released to the media in a notice of judgement dated Thursday Venturina was bludgeoned to death in a December 8 1994 attack inside the UP premises by members of Scintilla Juris the attackers were armed with baseball bats and lead pipes Warren L Zingapan and Robert Michael Beltran Avir were guilty of Venturina’s murder Associate Justice Marvic Leonen wrote the majority decision while Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and Associate Justice Mariano Del Castillo concurred Reversing a modification by the Court of Appeals (CA) the SC also found the 5 accused liable for the attempted murder of all 5 Sigma Rho members who sustained injuries during the attack It was the CA which turned the Quezon City Regional Trial Court’s earlier ruling of 5 counts of attempted murder to only 2 counts involving only surviving victims who were unable to escape most of the 45-second mauling The charges over the attack on the 3 other survivors were downgraded to serious physical injuries Their lacerations were not deep enough to reflect intent to kill They were also “no longer chased by the attackers.” “The intent to kill was already present at the moment of attack,” the SC said adding that it was “immaterial to distinguish between the seriousness of the injuries suffered by the victims.” the SC referred to fraternity-related violence as “shameful” and hoped its ruling empowers those whose view of masculinity “valorizes courage sacrifice and honor in more life-saving pursuits.” an immature and useless expenditure of testosterone It fosters a culture that retards manhood,” its decision read While also condemning the “senseless death” of Venturina and calling fraternity wars “cruel and barbaric,” newly-retired Associate Justice Roberto Abad disagreed with the majority decision handing down a guilty verdict Abad wrote a 15-page dissenting opinion acquitting all the accused Abad said the defense witnesses established reasonable doubt in saying the identities of the attackers could not be ascertained as they were all wearing masks at the time of the riot despite surviving victims naming 5 of the attackers whose masks allegedly fell off or were not worn at all He also doubted the incubation period of the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses who refused to provide statements on the incident until 4 days after and only to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta dissented with Abad, who retired on May 22 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. (READ: SC Justice Abad retirement paves way for 5th Aquino appointee) The trial court decision at the time on Venturina’s case was penned by then RTC judge and now SC Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza Mendoza was only in his late forties when the trial commenced at the RTC level the cases were re-raffled many times and took time to commence Several CA justices inhibited from the case Justice Romeo Barza inhibited due to membership in Sigma Rho Fraternity Justices Celia Librea-Leagogo and Isaias Dicdican also inhibited a CA division voted 3-1 in favor of conviction defendant Zingapan was reported as head of a religious organization of inmates in the New Bilibid Prison ‘Justice for a shattered dream’ In a letter to the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated February 23 5 days before the then RTC Judge and now SC Justice Mendoza was to issue a verdict Venturina’s grandfather Benedicto described his grandson’s death as “a merciless attack.” the patriarch said his grandson Dennis had “a lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer” and was “the only grandson who would have continued the Venturina lineage.” a bundle of joy to us in spite of being born prematurely “There is no other gift we can ask God but justice for our beloved grandson Justice for a shattered dream.” – Rappler.com .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Staten Island AdvanceStaten Island Advance/Hilton FloresAttending the Iron Hills Civic Association event are - The Iron Hills Civic Association yesterday held its annual summer meeting and picnic at the Richmond County Country Club NYPD inspector in charge of the department's Organized Crime Control Bureau and the former commander of the 120th Precinct the founder and president of Casa Belvedere the Italian cultural center located on Grymes Hill and outgoing South Shore Republican Assemblyman Lou Tobacco president and CEO of Staten Island Hospital Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices A FACULTY member from the Department of Interior Design discussed the concept of adaptive reuse or “bagong luma” as a way of preserving historic structures in a webinar marking the 25th anniversary of the Government Service Insurance System Museum Mary Ann Venturina Bulanadi said adaptive reuse or finding new functions for old houses and heritage structures is a sustainable process “The value of ‘bagong luma’ is giving old houses a second chance and making it relevant to contemporary times We can call it ‘napapanahong bagong luma,’” Bulanadi told the Varsitarian “It is important to connect adaptive reuse with sustainability because the process should be something that is sustainable into the future and not just for one time only,” she added She explained the steps in conducting a comprehensive assessment of the status of old structures to determine their potential for adaptive reuse such as determining their physical conditions and drawing up as-built plans or drawings depicting all parts of the structures and facilities as well as its history are also considered Bulanadi demonstrated adaptive reuse through a virtual tour of the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista whose members were key figures in Philippine history and independence was turned into a dormitory and office before it was opened to the public as a heritage museum in 2014 and the programs of Bahay Nakpil-Bautista that were adaptively reused into a heritage museum should be forward-looking and provide long-term benefits,” she said “The house doesn’t stay in the past or rest on its past achievements Its current function as determined by the current homeowners becomes relevant to the times,” she added director of the UST Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics discussed Juan Luna’s 1892 oil on canvas painting Bulanadi said webinars like these help disseminate and encourage the advocacy of art and heritage preservation “The more people know about the steps we can take to help protect and preserve Philippine architecture and heritage interior spaces the better we can address the challenges that these structures experience,” Bulanadi said Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed Thomasian alumni led by BSc Architecture Class 1985 graduates are joining the fight against COVID-19 by providing our frontline healthcare workers with aerosol boxes and N95 masks The boxes can help anesthesiologists and other physicians while intubating patients by helping confine and thus contain the spread of the virus These donations have reached Metro Manila hospitals such as the Philippine Heart Center as well as facilities in Cavite and Batangas Leading the effort are Architects Alvin and Maria Cecilia Cadiz Vega as well as UST Architecture faculty members Ma and UST Interior Design faculty member Mary Ann Venturina-Bulanadi They are joined by the Rotary Club of Manila Bay (RCMB) Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA) members The University of Santo Tomas is one of the leading private research universities in the Philippines and is consistently ranked among the top 1000 universities in the whole world With academic degrees and research thrusts in the natural the University continuously strives to make a positive impact on the society