Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has urged Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure which mandates the registration of prepaid SIM cards, saying this would help curb the increasing number of text message bomb threats.
The gaming regulator closed down 17 gaming outlets of Total Gamezone Extreme and 36 sites of AB Leisure Exponent for non-compliance with the distance regulation guidelines under Section 2 of Regulation 3 of the Gaming Site Regulatory Manual (GSRM) for Bingo Games version 2.0, which states that gaming sites should be located 200 meters away from schools and places of worship.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 6, its call center or "Hotline 1349" which can receive queries and complaints on labor-related concerns.
IT-BPO veteran Jomari Mercado has assumed his new role as national technology officer (NTO) of Microsoft Philippines after abruptly leaving the trade group IBPAP (International Business Processing Association of the Philippines) where he served as CEO and president.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to allow the public to view its official operations through online streaming.
The US-headquartered firm stressed in a recent press briefing that it doesn?t matter if one belongs to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community, or is PWD (person with disability), or comes from an ethnic group.
The Court of Appeals (CA) has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) from pushing through with its probe on a telecommunications buyout deal worth P70-billion that involves industry giants PLDT, Globe Telecom, and San Miguel Corp. (SMC).
Buhay party-list representative Lito Atienza said 24-hour CCTV monitoring has become even more potent now due to the growing use of social media, where the community and law enforcement agencies may easily share and exchange information that could solve a crime quickly.
