While the market's growth rates remain impressive, they're down dramatically compared to the year-over-year rates of the same quarter one year ago (87.1 percent) and indicate a significant slowing of the overall market.
An activist organization of IT professionals has cautioned the public against hastily equating the government?s Open Data initiative as a foolproof representation of the current administration?s transparency.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said she will file an amendment to the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to make it mandatory for the proper government agencies to publish, not only the basic salary but also the allowances and other sources of personal income of all public officials, more particularly, senators like herself.
Cebu representative Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. has urged Malaca?ang to harness the state-owned People's Television Network (PTV) to provide distant learning programs that would build up the English communication skills of Filipinos.
Analyst firm IDC the Philippines is looking at a healthy ICT spending performance in 2014 due to the rosy outlook in the country?s economic indicators, as well as the vibrant spending from the consumer sector.
