DOST: Holding back on the expected delivery or even promise of technology and knowledge transfer is denying the Filipino people of better weather forecasting and disaster risk assessment services.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is supporting a proposed bill that would institutionalize telecommuting and allow employees to work from home because of the worsening traffic in Metro Manila.
The tricky issue of who really regulates the country's online gaming sector is depriving the government of its rightful revenue share, Sen. Chiz Escudero said.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian noted admissions made during the committee hearing last week that the NTC has been hard put at imposing drastic penalties against telcos which fail to deliver satisfactory services to consumers.
Earlier, Project Noah executive director Mahar Lagmay lamented the alleged scrapping of the program due to lack of funds. But the DOST clarified that as a research project, it has reached its end and must now be turned over to Pagasa for institutional implementation.
Silicon Valley's top executives, including India-born CEOs -- Google's Sundar Pichai and Microsoft's Satya Nadella -- condemned US President Donald Trump's immigration ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, voicing concern that the move could directly hit their own staffers and stop bringing great talent to the US.
This is according to Canon Philippines president and CEO Lim Kok Hin, who made the statement during a recent media event celebrating the company?s 20th anniversary in the country.
At a conference in Macau late last year, Steve Brazier, president and CEO of technology market analyst Canalys, made a bold prediction ? that countries would eventually disallow humans driving on the road.
Through Z.com, the company said the Philippines can now avail of GMO Internet Group's products at some of the most competitive price points in the local market.
Samsung Electronics said Monday, Jan. 23, that faulty battery caused its flagship Galaxy Note 7 to catch fire after discontinuing the fire-prone device more than three months ago.
