The Philippines continues to grapple with low adoption rates of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), with an alarming rate of just 18.5%, according to the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).
The Supreme Court (SC) has reiterated that using online chat logs and videos as evidence does not violate the right to privacy if they are used to determine if a crime has been committed.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said the Philippines posted an “unprecedented climb” in the 2024 United Nations e-Participation Index (EPI), surging 31 spots, from 80th in 2022 to 49th in 2024.
In the latest Google study, the Philippines has been identified as the fastest growing digital economy in Southeast Asia (SEA) for 2024, reaching approximately $31 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV).
The adoption ended around 20 years of multilateral negotiations and paved the way for an international regime that streamlines, standardizes, and updates the rules on design protection.
The Department of Finance (DOF) spotlighted digitalization as one of the major pillars of its policies to make businesses prosper and future-proof the Philippine economy.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has instructed GCash to immediately resolve the reported unauthorized deductions on account balances of affected GCash users and swiftly complete the process of refunds.
Before GCash came out with the statement that the issue was caused by “system reconciliation”, Manila Bulletin columnist Arturo Samaniego Jr., who was implicated recently by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as a hacking mastermind, again tried to muddle the issue by claiming in his Facebook post that the losses experienced by GCash users was due to a phishing attack.
