House ICT committee chair and Navotas City representative Tobias Reynald Tiangco said the country's large number of prepaid mobile subscriptions provides opportunities for nefarious individuals, as well as criminal acts for terrorists and insurgents.
Out of the five fundamental digital life pillars, the Philippines’ worst score is for Internet affordability (ranking 98th globally), and the best is for e-security (44th).
Local telcos Globe Telecom and Smart Communications said they will comply with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)’s directive to block or deactivate URLs in text messages.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has introduced new loan products and programs designed to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) navigate current business challenges and embrace emerging market opportunities.
The Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) officially became the first port in the Philippines to transition to an automated gate system (AGS) backed by machine learning.
Department of Finance (DOF) secretary Benjamin Diokno identified digitalization as the key to transforming the system and eradicating corruption within the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Bureau of Customs.
Sen. Grace Poe highlighted the need to also dig deeper on how the telcos guarantee that their respective database is shielded from breaches and leakages.
Supreme Court (SC) chief justice Alexander G. Gesmundo revealed on Friday, Sept. 9, that the high tribunal is currently working on the rules that will allow the conduct of all court proceedings through videoconferencing even after the end of the pandemic.
