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LTFRB unaware of Grab PH’s P2 per minute travel charge

Grab PH disclosed that it has imposed the travel rate since June 2017 despite not being stipulated in an order released last December 27, 2016 by the LTFRB.

TIEZA rolls out online payment facility for travel tax

The Online Travel Tax Payment System (OTTPS) is an Internet-based payment portal designed to provide a more convenient way of paying travel taxes.

In light of P900-M Bitcoin scam, Senate urged to pass cryptocurrency bill

Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged her fellow senators to push for the swift passage of her bill that seeks to impose stiffer penalties for crimes involving cryptocurrencies to prevent a repeat of the recent P900-million pyramiding "scam" disguised as a Bitcoin investment.

NPC opens probe on Facebook as ICT group calls for accountability

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) announced on Friday, April 13, that it is opening an investigation on Faceboook following Mark Zuckerberg's admission of the company's faults in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal that affected Filipino Facebook users.

BSP to tighten licensing for e-money, cryptocurrency firms

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is keen on requiring entities applying for licenses as electronic money issuers (EMI) to also apply for a license as a crypto or virtual currency (VC) exchange.

Grab owes customers P1.8-B refund for illegal charges: solon

Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta partylist representative Jericho Nograles claimed that Grab has been "illegally" charging its customers P2 per minute of travel time.

IDC says PH among price-sensitive smartphone markets in Asia-Pacific

Samsung and the Chinese brands such as Oppo and Vivo were major factors behind the growth of the low-end and midrange segments in 2017.

Unauthorized cryptocurrency mining struck PH, report says

The relatively unknown coin-mining Trojan "Rarog" has been linked to over 166,000 infections worldwide ? the majority of which are in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Russia.

Uber ordered to continue PH operations until PCC review is complete

The directive also puts Grab's move to acquire its competitor to a halt while the antitrust commission is reviewing the deal.

PH 2nd most affected country by Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal

In a recent update on their plans to restrict data access to their platform, social media giant Facebook revealed a graph that categorized by country the people whose Facebook information may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm at the center of a data privacy and electoral manipulation crisis.

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