The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday, June 13, that the City Prosecutor of Las Pinas has filed the first case for violation of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
Seeking to establish the Philippines as its Southeast Asian hub, global health software company Orion Health (OH) has opened an office in the country. Initially starting with up to 20 staff, the Manila branch is projected to grow over the next 12 to 18 months as the company undertakes various implementations and customer service operations.
Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino also wants the average minimum speed to be printed in large fonts instead of fine print so consumers will be properly informed of what they are getting from Internet providers.
The refund tracker shows per second changes on the refund amount. It also shows the equivalent load credits that telco should return, if all of the 2013 subscribers are refunded.
The Senate committee on science and technology has opened deliberations on key proposed measures aimed at improving the science and technology (S&T) sector, broadening Internet access, and upgrading state weather bureau Pagasa.
The government's ICT program, iGovPhil, is a part of the e-Government Master Plan of 2013-2016, which aims to maximize the use of ICT resources through shared ICT infrastructure, services, and applications for national government agencies. iGovPhil has a total project cost of P2.53 billion implemented from 2012 to 2016. The DBM has previously released P164.6 million to ICTO in 2012 for the first phase of the project.
To enable the government to use Big Data and analytics in disaster mitigation, tech giant IBM has formally turned over to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) a new multi-million intelligent operations center to provide a central point of command for disaster management.
Comelec chair Sixto Brillantes told the House committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms that P10 billion will be allocated for the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) machines, while the remaining P8 billion will be used to buy software and other election paraphernalia.
SolarWinds, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, inaugurated its first IT Shared Services site located at the Eco Tower in BGC in Taguig City. The Philippine facility will provide support a wide range of business disciplines such as IT product support, sales, finance, and operations.
In an attempt the cut down the huge number of unsolicited text messages being sent to mobile phone subscribers, Globe Telecom has filed before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) what is believed to be the first case against text spamming in the country.
