Under the e-FOI, Presidential Communications secretary Martin Andanar said the government will publish online all public documents which are not classified or do not contain sensitive information.
In spite of the inflammatory pronouncements of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte against the United States and the European Union, the local BPO industry still has the solid backing of the government.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations cannot be achieved without affordable and universal access to ICTs and broadband connectivity, according to members of the Broadband Commission who met on the eve of the opening of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.
The stiffer rules implemented by Pagcor have already caused the revocation of 197 gaming licenses. The revoked licenses include non-compliant e-Bingo sites (120), e-Games sites (40), Instawin sites (3), and 16 hybrid sites (combination of e-Games and Instawin), among others.
By allowing Internet connectivity in schools, Sen. Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino stressed that it will pave the way for the public educational system to be taken to the future.
In an en banc decision, the Supreme Court has held that an IP (intellectual property) pact that former Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III has signed is a form of an executive agreement that does not require the concurrence of the Senate.
Government plans to spend P1.76 billion next year for free Wi-Fi in public areas, which, if approved, would bring to P4.81 billion the amount allocated for the project since 2015, Sen. Ralph Recto said on Saturday, Sept. 3.
This was the timeframe set in a joint memorandum circular signed this week by the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The Philippines gained nine notches in the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII) report, ranking the country as the 74th most innovative nation among 128 economies surveyed.
