DepEd secretary Sonny Angara said the procurement covers 169,008 Mac-based and 62,717 Windows-based laptops. The package includes 3,646 Mac-based units for administrative officers.
Crypto exchange Binance has confirmed that no Philippine user personal information was affected by a hacking incident involving approximately $6.34 billion in digital assets, and that funds are safe, with all losses covered through its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) and company funds.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) suspended on Monday, Oct. 26, the mandatory online posting of its Registration Seal Badge until further notice, following data privacy concerns raised by online sellers, content creators, and lawmakers.
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary David Almirol has denied allegations of conflict of interest involving P1.55 billion worth of government contracts, maintaining that he had divested his interests in Multisys Technologies Corp. in Sept. 2022.
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the six-month preventive suspension without pay of Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary for e-government David Almirol Jr. over alleged conflict of interest involving government contracts worth about P1.55 billion.
The Supreme Court (SC) launched electronic notarization nationwide on Oct. 19, allowing commissioned electronic notaries public to notarize eligible digital documents through accredited platforms.
In a landmark victory for civic tech, the Philippine government is adopting BetterGov.PH as its official national portal. Unveiled at the BetterGov.PH Summit 2026 in Eastwood City, the new Gov.PH portal is being co-developed by the eGov team of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Filipino open-source developer community.
New DICT Secretary Robert Joseph M. de Claro met with officials of the agency’s attached bodies to discuss digital transformation priorities, as his appointment draws attention to nearly P40 billion in unrealized stock investment losses reported by the SSS during his tenure as its president.
Artificial intelligence adoption among Philippine businesses grew 52% over the past year, with 32% of companies now using the technology, up from 21% in 2025, according to a study commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
