The Philippines and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at strengthening collaboration on personal data protection and privacy enforcement amid increasing cross-border data flows.
The Office of the Ombudsman has directed the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to immediately stop using the LTO-IT system operated by Stradcom Corporation and fully migrate all transactions to the government-owned Land Transportation Management System (LTMS).
Asia-Pacific logistics operators are facing rising delivery costs and increasing pressure to modernize last-mile operations, according to a new industry report released during the “Last Mile Leaders Asia 2026” summit in Bangkok.
The total fixed communication services revenue in the Philippines is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7% from $3.8 billion in 2025 to $4.3 billion in 2030, mainly driven by growth in the fixed broadband segment, according to market research firm GlobalData.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted final approval to BlockShoals Technologies Inc. to begin testing its financial products and services under the agency’s regulatory sandbox, paving the way for Binance-linked onboarding of Filipino users into a regulated crypto environment.
GoTyme Bank said it plans to expand its employee share ownership program to cover most of its workforce, a move the digital bank said would make it one of the first banks in the Philippines to broadly extend equity participation beyond senior executives.
In its “State of Identity Security 2026” report, Sophos surveyed 5,000 IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries and found that organizations suffered an average of three identity-related incidents during the period. Five percent of respondents reported six or more breaches.
A nationwide survey conducted before the May power interruptions in Luzon and the Visayas found that a large majority of Filipinos were already considering shifting to solar energy, citing high electricity costs and unreliable power supply.
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