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The court, however, gave due course for Now Telecom's petition for preliminary injunction and set October 23 as a hearing date.

The Open Access Bill, or House Bill No. 6557, passed on third reading by the House of Representatives and was transmitted to the Senate late in 2017. Its counterpart bill in the upper chamber, Senate Bill No. 1763, remains pending on second reading.

The bill does not criminalize cockfighting per se, but only seeks to criminalize betting outside the cockpit arena.

The PSA said it will announce the opening of bid procurement for the national ID by the third week of October.

The roadmap provides mechanisms in establishing Regional Inclusive Innovation Centers (RIICs), which is the cornerstone of the new industrial strategy known as i3S, as well as a central portal containing government-funded innovation research and data on innovation and entrepreneurship and ensuring its strong alignment with the needs of the industry.

The DICT disclosed that it is about to sign another agreement with cable operators for them to serve as a viable last mile connectivity in the different parts of the country.

Interested parties have only have until Friday, Oct. 5, to send their written requests.

The IPOPHL has launched the new IPOPHL Patent Search using the WIPO Publish platform, making available for public search all granted invention, as well as published and registered utility models, and industrial design applications.

The DND is seeking P6.856 million for an Armed Forces of the Philippines Cyberspace Simulation Center.

Presidential adviser for ICT Ramon Jacinto and Globe Telecom legal counsel Froilan Castelo had a heated discussion on the issue of independent cell tower companies in a public forum.