The House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries approved on Thursday, Jan. 13, in principle the substitute bill that would regulate the use of bank accounts and e-wallets, as well as prohibit its use for unusual and suspicious financial activity.
Sen. Grace Poe has asked government agencies to see to it that their websites are up and running all the time, while Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian urged the BSP and local banks to suspend the collection of fees on online money transfers while Covid-19 cases peak.
Re-electionist senator Richard J. Gordon has urged the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of a counterpart measure mandating SIM card registration. He is, however, unaware of the fact that the lower chamber has already passed its version of the bill way ahead of the Senate.
DICT acting secretary Emmanuel Rey R. Caintic led on Tuesday, Jan. 11, the oath-taking and induction ceremony of the new officers and Board of Trustees of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) via video conference.
YugabyteDB said the move of businesses from physical to virtual paved the way for the evolution of the nature of applications and the approaches used to build them.
Journalist Maria Ressa, who sharply criticized US-based social media giants during her speech when she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in December, will attend Wednesday's (January 12) Senate hearing on disinformation, Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said over the weekend.
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it is set to launch this month the Unified Logistics Pass (ULP), an online platform that aims to facilitate the movement of trucks for hire that deliver basic goods and necessities across the country.
Department of Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III had earlier instructed agencies attached to the DOF and government financial institutions to institutionalize a cybersecurity program through a shared defense strategy.
