The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) announced that the total amount of seized pirated goods in 2014 reached P13,318,090,930.41 ? the highest in the country?s history and 70-percent increase from last year?s P7,859,004,211.00.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is warning the public against so-called Internet ?love scammers? targeting single men and women who are searching for love online and then extorting money from them using the name of the agency.
The 40th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group (IPEG) meeting -- the first of the two high-level meetings hosted by the Philippines this year -- was recently held from January 31 to February 1, 2015 in Clark, Pampanga.
Mobile payments to Social Security System (SSS) will be available soon with the memorandum of agreement signed between the state agency and G-XChange Inc.
Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Thursday, Feb. 5, called on the Senate leadership to immediately constitute and convene the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Overseas Voting Act of 2013 (JCOC-OVA) to study the necessity of other modes or systems for onsite and remote registrations and elections.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to pilot-test the Voter Verification System (VVS), which will be used as an additional security measure in the 2016 national polls.
Chipmaker Intel has announced the availability of its 5th generation Intel Core vPro processor family, which offers wireless innovations, built-in security, faster performance, and improved manageability.