Most of the overall decline is attributed to slowing growth in liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, which now account for 99 percent of all television shipments.
The government has launched the first-ever electronic Inmate Management Information System (IMIS) in the country to avoid overstaying prisoners in state penitentiaries due to lost records or inaccurate computation of inmate service of sentence.
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) to institutionalize its framework of cooperation in curbing counterfeiting and piracy.