The Senate has adopted a resolution expressing its concurrence to the ratification of an international agreement that facilitates multilateral cooperation and enhanced collective capability to suppress cybercrime.
At a recent hearing for the proposed ?Prepaid Load Protection Act?, the ICT committee of the House of Representatives lambasted the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for its incompetence in dealing with the issues of disappearing prepaid credits and expiration of prepaid load.
The House ICT committee has created a technical working group that will fine-tune House Bill 262, seeking to create an E-Government structure in the public sector.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson introduced an amendment to Senate Bill 1636, the proposed Lifetime Cellphone Number Act, seeking to remove the interconnectivity fee or charge imposed by telcos on mobile phone subscribers for domestic calls and SMS (text) messages.
The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime aims to address the threats posed by cybercrime and facilitates multilateral cooperation and enhanced collective capability to suppress cybercrime.
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has appointed young lawyer Leandro Angelo "Dino" Aguirre as the new deputy commissioner at the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
The House committee on science and technology has approved a substitute bill which seeks to strengthen Republic Act 8439, otherwise known as the ?Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and Other Science and Technology Personnel in the Government.?
During the 14th impeachment meeting of the House committee on justice tackled the hiring of Helen Macasaet as an IT consultant to improve the SC?s Enterprise Information Systems Plan (EISP).
