Melvin Calimag

Positive performance of the five out of nine sub-sectors of the electronics industry drive growth which contributed 96.65% share in the cumulative total value of the industry. Semiconductors, which grew 16.3% in the first quarter of 2017, remained to be country?s top electronics exports.

The academic center has an earmarked budget of approximately P1.2 billion to be invested in top-of-the-line facilities and equipment.

The Philippines is seeking designation as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

With the National Broadband Plan (NBP) expected to take three years to finish, Sen. Paulo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino IV urged the government to focus also on getting more competition by encouraging more players to join the market to improve the country's Internet speed.

honestbee said it does not stockpile goods in a warehouse and delivers items listed on the app from their chosen partner merchants.

A first in the country, the medicine loan service allows employees from the government and private sector with payroll accounts with Landbank, including overseas Filipinos, to electronically order and purchase medicines through their mobile phones.

Sen. Bam Aquino said that there is a need to ?come up with an inventory of all e-government services available in order for government to improve information and communications technology (ICT) policies and services in the country.?

While AI will hit employment numbers in some industries, many others will benefit as AI and automation handle routine and repetitive tasks.

The highly successful launch of Diwata-1 and the impending launch of Diwata-2 in the second quarter of 2018 are paving the way for Diwata-3.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) also released a working paper in July 2016, claiming that 49 percent of all employment in the Philippines faces a high risk of automation in the next couple of decades.