Technology News From The Philippines
A reliable source told Newsbytes.PH that former police officer Cesar Mancao has been appointed as executive director of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center (CICC).
Internet giant Google has confirmed that it pulled out an outsourced work from the Cebu operations of BPO firm Sykes after a few employees were caught converting online gift cards into bitcoins.
The Prosecutor’s Office in Iligan City has dismissed the rape and sexual harassment cases filed by a writing workshop participant against US-trained science and technology journalist Timothy James “TJ” Dimacali.
Department of Trade and Industry undersecretary Rowel Barba will replace outgoing chief Josephine Santiago whose term of office lapsed this year.
The new designation is seen as an attempt to make DICT undersecretary Eliseo M. Rio stay in his post and to allow him to stamp his authority over Honasan’s “tres amigos” who have been running the show at the DICT.
DICT undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. is leaving his post at the agency although his resignation is still “under negotiation”.
John Henry Naga will leave his post at the DICT and replace lawyer-physician Ivy Patdu, whose term as deputy commissioner lapsed in March this year.
After a brief seven-year run, local news website InterAksyon.com will formally cease its operations this year, Newsbytes.PH has learned.
