The House Committee on Health chaired by Quezon representative Angelina Tan approved on Tuesday, Jan. 22, a substitute bill seeking to establish the National eHealth Systems and Services that will deliver health services through information and communications technology (ICT).
The Senate has plugged a hole in the 2019 national budget, through which multi-billion-peso Chinese and other foreign-funded projects unilaterally approved by the executive can be paid, Sen. Ralph Recto said.
Science and technology (S&T) practitioners in the country may soon avail of honoraria for services rendered beyond the regular workload and may also have the option to extend their compulsory retirement for completion of pending priority research projects of the government.
Senator Leila M. de Lima has joined the call to hold government officials and private contractors involved in the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) accountable for their failure to protect people's personal data.
Nigeria's IHS Towers and Malaysia's Edotco Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the DICT on Thursday, January 17, while China Energy Engineering Group is set to ink the same deal on Friday, January 18.
Online sexual harassment includes the use of ICT to terrorize and intimidate victims through physical, psychological, and emotional threats, as well as unwanted sexual and sexists remarks or comments online.
The Tuguegarao City government has subscribed to Globe Business' Direct Internet which allows the local government unit (LGU) to offer its constituents fast Internet access.
Michael Dalumpines, chairman of APO Production Unit Inc. (APUI), said in an interview with reporters that contrary to the claim of DFA secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., no passport data were stolen.
According to Sen. Nancy Binay, the Office of the Solicitor General should ensure that all contracts have a clause that all data handled by third-party data management providers would revert to the government even after the termination or end of its contract.
In filing Senate Resolution No. 981, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said that despite explanations in social media coming from DFA chief Teodoro Locsin Jr. and his predecessor Perfecto Yasay Jr., "there still is no clarity as to who is responsible for the non-availability of Filipino passport data."
