The BetterGov Fellowship is a 3-month program that pairs tech innovators with public sector leaders to co-develop solutions and transform the Philippine open data ecosystem.
In a landmark victory for civic tech, the Philippine government is adopting BetterGov.PH as its official national portal. Unveiled at the BetterGov.PH Summit 2026 in Eastwood City, the new Gov.PH portal is being co-developed by the eGov team of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Filipino open-source developer community.
A Facebook post by online news site Bilyonaryo discussing a possible leadership change at the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) was quickly swarmed by suspected troll accounts posting coordinated comments defending DICT secretary Henry Aguda.
Around March 7, the Android application of the cryptocurrency wallet and exchange platform started sending push notifications that when tapped, led to phishing websites, with some users reporting having received phishing emails as well.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation website is currently inaccessible to residents in the Philippines, a situation some netizens attribute to a geofencing block.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is requesting written comments and inputs on a proposed department circular on the mandatory identity verification of user accounts on social media platforms.
Called “About This Account”, the features allow users to view geographical details about where an account is based, the region of the app store the account is linked to, the original join date of an account, and how many times an account changed its username.
Anonymous PH denies role in Sept. 21 protest violence, blames CPP-NPA, but gov’t cyberattacks spike as hacktivists escalate website defacements and breaches.
The hacktivist group Deathnote Hackers International has claimed responsibility for the leak of roughly 445,000 entries from Pagcor's National Database of Restricted Persons (NDRP), which contains names of government officials prohibited from playing in gambling establishments.
