Sen. Grace Poe said she is open to discussing with her colleagues in the new Congress if the provision on social media account registration proposed by former Sen. Franklin Drilon – the reason why it was vetoed by the last administration -- can be incorporated anew in the bill or as a subject of another legislation.
The value of digital payments in the country, meanwhile, represented 44.1 percent of total retail payments in 2021, up from the 26.8 percent recorded a year earlier.
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) bared in a press briefing on Wednesday, July 6, that it will release anytime this quarter the guidelines that would prohibit property developers from having exclusive deals with just one broadband or Internet service provider (ISP) for tenants of condominiums and residents of subdivisions.
A new study from e-security firm Kaspersky is urging the Philippines to take a more active stance in prioritizing cybersecurity against the backdrop of constantly evolving cyber threats.
In particular, employees’ access to insecure devices, networks, and data resources poses significant challenges to organizations implementing a hybrid work model.
In the Philippines, interacting with human agents on the phone holds the top spot as the most preferred touchpoint of customer service (42%), followed by online live chat (33%) and social media (31%).
During the turnover ceremony on Monday, July 4, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary Ivan John E. Uy emphasized the importance of improving Philippine e-governance by making public transactions more efficient through digitalization.
