The deployment uses Starlink LEO satellites for Internet connectivity with a focus on public education and local governance, where students, teachers and the local government office will have free Internet connectivity for six months.
The BIR has issued a circular which provides the guidelines for the filing of the annual income tax returns and the payment of the corresponding taxes with any authorized agent banks and revenue collection officers without the imposition of penalties for wrong venue filing.
As of March 15, a total of 60,326,990 IDs have been printed — 33,550,575 of which are PhilIDs dispatched for delivery to registered persons, while 26,776,415 are ePhilIDs printed at registration centers.
Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1846 seeks to protect consumers and merchants engaged in Internet transactions through the creation of the Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) Bureau.
An intelligent systems laboratory was launched last week in Gen. Santos City, a move seen to help the local government collect accurate traffic data and ensure that nutrient levels in nearby bodies of water remain safe for fish and other marine species.
The eCongress website, an integrated digital legislative management system, will allow the two chambers of the legislature to strengthen coordination and make the inter-chamber processes much better and faster.
A measure seeking to institutionalize the online registration of voters and strengthen the voter registration process as a whole has been passed on third and final reading in the House of Representatives.