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The bill, principally authored by Cavite Rep. Francis Gerald Abaya, prohibits unwanted calls and texts, including other forms of solicitation.

The lawmaker said that many regular TNVS users regularly compare the rates of Uber and Grab before booking a ride -- an option that will no longer be available to commuters when Grab becomes the sole TNVS provider come April 9.

The Senate has already approved on final reading its own version of the proposed law.

Smart Communications, along with its technology partner Huawei Technologies, has made the first successful Voice over Wifi (VoWifi) call over the Smart network.

The Philippine team of Grade 8 students was declared champion in the junior division.

Optimism is high among Filipino freelancers as far as their online careers are concerned, even more so than their Southeast Asian contemporaries, said global fintech company PayPal.

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said the sale of Uber's Southeast Asia operations to main rival Grab will not affect its ongoing investigation into past Uber breaches that involved Filipino users.

Users of Uber in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia have only until April 8 to use the ride-sharing app before they will be required to use the platform of rival app Grab.

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo R. Duterte Duterte simply wants the telco carrier to be operational ?as soon as possible?.

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) secretary Benjamin Diokno said he is ?pretty optimistic? that the proposed national ID system would be approved and passed into law.