Northern Samar representative Paul Ruiz Daza raised the problem of delayed issuance of the National ID cards and asked how the DICT can help the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) solve the matter.
During a recent Senate hearing, Sen. Robin Padilla broached the possibility of crafting a law that would allow the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to act against inappropriate content on online streaming platforms.
BPO firms can become eligible for increased work-from-home (WFH) setup by shifting their registration from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to the Board of Investments (BOI).
Out of the five fundamental digital life pillars, the Philippines’ worst score is for Internet affordability (ranking 98th globally), and the best is for e-security (44th).
Supreme Court (SC) chief justice Alexander G. Gesmundo revealed on Friday, Sept. 9, that the high tribunal is currently working on the rules that will allow the conduct of all court proceedings through videoconferencing even after the end of the pandemic.
Sen. Grace Poe expressed disappointment over the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC) seeming slack in taking action against the proliferation of text scams victimizing millions of mobile phone users.
In April 2022, former president Rodrigo Duterte vetoed the SIM Card Registration Act two months after it was ratified by the House of Representatives and the Senate because of the inclusion of social media providers in the registration requirement.
Smart Communications has cited a report from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) suggesting that the personalized spam text messages proliferating recently could be the handiwork of scammers who mined subscriber data from GCash and Viber.
