The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has launched a national strategy aimed at keeping critical communications networks operational and improving the flow of information during disasters and other emergencies.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is developing a DNA database for Philippine timber species to help authorities identify illegally sourced wood and verify forest products whose physical characteristics have been altered by processing.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Supreme Court (SC) are working to integrate their electronic systems to eliminate the remaining paper-based step in the notarization of digital documents.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1 billion to the University of the Philippines (UP) System to expand Project NOAH’s use of artificial intelligence and other digital technologies for flood forecasting and disaster risk assessment.
The growing volume of AI-generated music on streaming platforms is putting pressure on copyright and royalty systems, prompting Philippine and South Korean officials and industry representatives to push for stronger rights data management and enforcement mechanisms.
Independent property valuation platform LandValuePH has launched a free online database consolidating more than 530,000 Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) zonal value records.
Examinees for the 2026 Bar Examinations participated on Saturday, Aug. 22, in a synchronized trial of Examplify, the digital testing platform that will be used during the September tests.
Local telcos PLDT and Globe Telecom are blocking hundreds of websites carrying footage of school shootings and other acts of extreme violence, prompting concerns from a cyber activist over the absence of clear standards and due process.
Sen. Bam Aquino has rejected calls for an outright ban on video games for minors following the fatal school shooting in Zamboanga City, saying the government should instead tighten the enforcement of age restrictions on mature-rated games and restrict minors’ access to harmful online chat groups.
The system allows electronic notarial acts to be performed using accredited electronic notarization facilities and prescribed technological safeguards.
