The Philippines and Thailand recently signed a legally binding agreement to work together in promoting the development of S&T cooperation between said countries.
The National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), an attached agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), is hosting this year?s 17th Conference of the Science Councils of Asia (SCA) to be held on June 14-16 at the PICC in Pasay City.
The i-CiTY brings together four key elements of a city's infrastructure and the services, which Huawei offers: digital city management, digital public services, digital industry, and safe city.
The bill provides that the DICT should ensure the minimum Internet speed is 10 megabits per second (Mbps) or meet the Internet connection speed above global average, "whichever is higher".
After hurdling the Senate with a final vote of 18-0-0, the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act is seen clearing the House of Representatives in May.
NPC deputy commissioner Dondi Mapa said organizations that employ 250 people or handle more than 1,000 customers in their database should also register their compliance with the NPC.
Work on the 2018 national budget has begun among agencies, with all requests bundled together in one proposed spending bill that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will send to Congress by July.
In previous committee hearings, Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino said it was determined by various stakeholders that more players are needed to improve Internet service while keeping prices reasonable.
The local office of tech behemoth IBM is pulling out all the stops to preach the virtues of "blockchain" -- a technology, the company said, worthy of the hype as the next biggest thing after the Internet.
