The government has also formed an inter-agency group to receive complaints from cellular phone subscribers and will be tasked with forwarding the numbers used by scammers to telcos for blocking.
The government issued a statement on Monday, Nov. 29, reminding e-commerce platforms to ensure that all products under the DTI mandatory certification that are offered for sale in their sites should bear the Philippine Standard (PS) mark or the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) sticker.
Pierre Tito A. Galla, co-founder of Democracy.Net.PH, said the Philippines needs the Open Access and Data Transmission Act, a proposed bill, to have coherent governance of data transmission infrastructure.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has revealed that, based on its initial investigations, the recent smishing activities are being run by a global crime syndicate and not by a group that has gained unauthorized access to contact tracing forms.
But, with e-sabong reaching OFWs – particularly lonely seamen -- who have become addicted to the game, Pagcor recently made the decision to block bets from abroad in local e-sabong platforms.
The Commission on Elections said those running for public office may conduct “e-rallies” and “live streams” beginning Feb. 8, 2022 subject to the poll body’s guidelines.
With the completion of Phase 1 of the much-touted National Broadband Plan (NBP), Sen. Grace Poe said the Filipino people are looking forward to the government's promised 200 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet speed for state agencies and departments.
Only five percent of respondents in the Philippines reported using a single private or public cloud in 2021, down from 51 percent in 2019 – establishing hybrid cloud as the dominant IT architecture.
The Gobi-Core Philippine Startup Ecosystem Report 2021 said with the growing number of investments in the local market, the Philippine startup ecosystem has begun changing for the better.
Sen. Franklin Drilon expressed his concern that the National Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) has a higher budget of P30 billion compared to the DOST’s 2022 budget of P23.793 billion.
