Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Ramon Lopez said 88,000 new registrations for online businesses – a record number – were posted in 2020.
Malacañang has directed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to immediately impose sanctions on Internet service providers (ISPs) that allow their platforms to be used for online child exploitation.
The Anti-Red Tape Authority reminded LGUs to automate their transactions before June 17, 2021, by putting up the electronic Business One-Stop Shop or e-BOSS, which uses the Electronic Business Permitting and Licensing System or eBPLS developed by the DICT to allow the public to perform government transactions online.
For instance, a team of engineers at a Philippines university has designed a solution to help patients suffering from locked-in syndrome to communicate with the world.
The PSA said Philippine identification (PhilID), which will be given free of charge, will not replace the existing functional IDs that serve other purposes.
House Bill 8020 requires the digitization of all contents used by publishers participating in the Public School Textbook Program (PSTP) to address the recurring shortage of printed modules in public schools.
Of the intellectual property violations this year, IPOPHL said 79 were operating online – 53 from Facebook, seven from Shopee, six from Lazada, three from YouTube, and one each from Carousell, Instagram, and Vineyard.
BSP governor Benjamin Diokno said that if the multiple daily clearing of PesoNet transactions works smoothly, then the central bank will allow clearing for these transactions on weekends and holidays.
Suspicious transaction reports (STRs) submissions by electronic money issuers (EMIs) rose by 688 percent, while submissions by pawnshops and money service businesses (MSBs) increased by 51 percent.
