Sen. Grace Poe said her committee will come up with its position to settle the issue on the status of Mislatel's franchise that Congress had granted in 1998.
Under the deal, IBM will provide IT infrastructure services to support an agile IT and hybrid cloud, as well as digital development capabilities to accelerate BPI?s digital transformation.
The NBP is the flagship initiative of the government for the acceleration of the deployment of fiber-optic cables and wireless technologies to improve the Internet connection speed in the country.
The House Committee on Health chaired by Quezon representative Angelina Tan approved on Tuesday, Jan. 22, a substitute bill seeking to establish the National eHealth Systems and Services that will deliver health services through information and communications technology (ICT).
The Senate has plugged a hole in the 2019 national budget, through which multi-billion-peso Chinese and other foreign-funded projects unilaterally approved by the executive can be paid, Sen. Ralph Recto said.
The DICT said common tower providers and telecommunication firms need not worry about securing permits for telecommunication towers as the agency will take care of that concern.
The DICT said common tower providers and telecommunication firms need not worry about securing permits for telecommunication towers as the agency will take care of that concern.
Science and technology (S&T) practitioners in the country may soon avail of honoraria for services rendered beyond the regular workload and may also have the option to extend their compulsory retirement for completion of pending priority research projects of the government.
Senator Nancy Binay has proposed that, aside from a visual transmission system, an audio transmission system be installed in all automated teller machines (ATMs) to cater to the needs of visually-impaired individuals.
Senator Leila M. de Lima has joined the call to hold government officials and private contractors involved in the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) accountable for their failure to protect people's personal data.
