The government is going beyond hazards maps as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) ventures out to far-reaching applications of its Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology as it maps out possible renewable energy resources through the PhiLiDAR project.
Tapping into the ?tingi-tingi? culture of Filipinos, local cloud computing firm IP Converge has unveiled its ?enterprise sachet? IT offering to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said some 75,000 Singapore-based OFWs have used the online issuance of overseas employment certificate since it started.
The provincial government of Pangasinan will soon switch to the electronic payment portal (ePP) system and point-of-sale (POS) debit system of the Land Bank of the Philippines to make a faster collection of payments and safer payment of bills.
The program is designed to simplify the hiring process and make it easier for Taiwanese employers to directly hire foreign workers, including OFWs without the participation of private recruitment agencies or brokers.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago has warned that she would block any additional funds for the nationwide free Wi-Fi initiative if the first year of its implementation is not done by December.
The DOST-ICT Office also partnered with tech advocacy group Internet Society to host several Internet Exchange Point (IXP) development workshops to encourage improvements in local Internet service.
The DOST-ICT Office also partnered with tech advocacy group Internet Society to host several Internet Exchange Point (IXP) development workshops to encourage improvements in local Internet service.
The Ilocos Region, composed of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan provinces, is highly vulnerable to natural hazards brought about by violent typhoons, flooding, and storm surge as it faces the South China Sea in the eastern northern Luzon corridor.
This is the country?s best performance so far in the last five years in the GII, which is conducted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).