The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) announced that the total amount of seized pirated goods in 2014 reached P13,318,090,930.41 ? the highest in the country?s history and 70-percent increase from last year?s P7,859,004,211.00.
Sen. Sonny Angara has filed a bill seeking to create the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), saying the country needs at this point a dedicated agency that will ensure that innovations in ICT would benefit the Filipino people and contribute to nation-building and global competitiveness.
