The Philippine government had a series of follow-up online meetings with the company, immediately following the Senate ratification of the proposed amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA), allowing full foreign ownership for satellite Internet services in the country and not requiring legislative franchise for public services.
In a joint operation on Feb. 12, the combined forces of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) implemented a warrant to search, seize, and examine computer data in Cashtrees Lending Corporation’s office in Pasig City.
This follows the two separate cyber libel complaints that Sen. Francis Pangilinan filed July 2021 against YouTube channels "Latest Chika" and "Starlet" for alleged false videos, which the popular online platform has since taken down.
Sen. Franklin M. Drilon on Monday, Feb. 7, disputed claims that the “anti-troll” provision that he introduced in the proposed SIM Card Registration Act was inserted during the bicam and an out-of-topic or a mere rider provision.
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said on Thursday, Feb. 2, that it has accepted the proposal of United Kingdom-based firm OneWeb to test their satellite Internet services in select remote and rural areas across the country.
Louis Casambre, the first and last executive director of the ICT Office, the predecessor of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), has died.
NEDA director-general Karl Chua said there had been some improvements in the country's broadband performance, but the Philippines can do better as it currently ranks 63 out of 178 countries in terms of broadband speed.
During a congressional hearing on Friday, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez asked how the Manila Bulletin was able to "verify" the hacking of its servers but the publication was not able to address the query.
