During the one-on-one business meetings at the Blair House in the United States on Tuesday, May 2, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Fred Pascual discussed the priority sectors of the Philippines targeting US investments such as IT-BPM, healthcare, semiconductors, electric vehicles and electric batteries, renewable energy, and food and minerals processing.
“Outdated” regulations in the ICT sector hamper the country’s digital readiness and efforts to drop internet cost, improve speed, and enhance service coverage, experts said in a recent webinar organized by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has urged the government to consider the first locally made air quality monitoring device, Robust Optical Aerosol Monitor or ROAM, as a prerequisite for the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC).
Despite the denial of a data breach by some law enforcement agencies, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Thursday, April 20, that copies of leaked personal data were stored in an Azure cloud site.
At the launch of Alliance of Tech Innovators for the Nation (ATIN) on Wednesday, April 13, DICT undersecretary David Almirol Jr. said the agency will be launching probably next month the eGov Super App, which will bring most online government services in a single platform including the eTravel system which travelers need to use when leaving or entering the country.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada proposed in his Senate Bill 1645 the inclusion of publication of laws in the online version of the Official Gazette and of newspapers of general circulation among the legal and recognized format and channel of publication of laws of the country.
BIR deputy commissioner Marissa Cabreros has stressed the need for taxation in the digital economy to level the playing field between traditional enterprises and digital businesses as the economy shifts from brick-and-mortar to virtual.
