Regional bank CIMB has formally launched its banking presence in the Philippines, making known its aspiration to become the nation?s first all-digital and mobile-first bank.
The Philippines is closer to the establishment of its own space agency with Senate Bill 1983 or the Philippine Space Act now hurdling second reading in the Senate.
Two measures principally sponsored and/or authored by Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino IV moved closer to becoming laws after their bicameral conference committee reports were ratified by the Senate late Wednesday, Feb. 6.
LG Philippines is seeking to redefine the country?s tech landscape by launching the very first LG Electronics Information Display (ID) Showroom in the Philippines.
Sen. Grace Poe said the Senate will vote on Wednesday, February 6, on a measure seeking the transfer of ownership of Mislatel to a consortium recently named by the DICT and NTC as the third telco.
Although there's a just a few days left before Congress takes a break for the May 13 elections, top officials of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) are optimistic that the bill creating a national space agency would still be approved by the legislature.
DND secretary Delfin Lorenzana also said he is pushing for the passage of a law requiring the mandatory registration of SIM cards since a lot of improvised explosive devices in the southern part of the country are being detonated by cellphones.
