The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) has presented a strategic proposal to Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that aims to significantly enhance Internet connectivity and create one million digital jobs.
At the trilateral summit with the United States, Japan, and the Philippines in Washington DC, tech giant Google reiterated its commitment to supporting the digital development of the country through a number of ways including digital skilling and infrastructure, AI, and playing a key role in the implementation of the National Cybersecurity Plan.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the NTC to rigorously enforce provisions of the SIM registration law following the retrieval of a substantial number of SIM cards during a series of search warrant implementations against a Tarlac-based Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO), now termed as Internet Gaming Licensee (IGL).
Technology giant IBM warned that the widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) may be limited by distrust and the developing complexity of the regulatory landscape.
As the country commemorates March 29, 1994 as the day the Philippines was first connected to the Internet, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said that Internet access in the country remains inadequate, potentially hampering economic development if left unaddressed.
Just as before the whole country goes into a long holiday break in observance of Lent, the online system of Union Bank of the Philippines was still down two days after the supposed end of migration of its Citi-branded accounts.
Overall intellectual property (IP) filings in 2023 at the IP Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) rose by 2.5% year-on-year, driven by increased awareness of IP and more innovations churning out of colleges and universities.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) asked the public to be discerning of the claim of a company called SK Pools Mining Corporation that its “products, services, and assets are licensed, authorized, guaranteed, verified, certified, or confirmed by the BSP.”
The two chief justices agreed that the digitalization of court proceedings, particularly the implementation of videoconferencing hearings, is extremely beneficial for archipelagic countries like Japan and the Philippines.
The total intellectual property (IP) infringing goods seized in January to December last year reached an estimated market value of P26.86 billion, surpassing the previous record of P24.90 billion registered in 2021.
