Cloud computing titan Salesforce has established a Philippine office as it moves to strengthen its footprint in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing digital markets.
Cherry Mobile CEO Maynard S. Ngu allegedly received at least ₱280 million in two tranches in early 2025 as part of a supposed 20% kickback from flood control and infrastructure projects linked to Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, according to testimony presented at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Friday, Nov. 14.
Included in the roster of social media influencers and online entities allegedly involved in promoting unlicensed online gambling platforms are Whamos Cruz, Toni Fowler, and Boy Tapang.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Konektadong Pinoy Act has been signed, marking the final step in its legislative journey.
DICT secretary Henry Aguda’s remarks come as the Philippine Stock Exchange continues to underperform compared with regional counterparts, weighed down by low trading volumes and a scarcity of new listings.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has officially concluded that no data breach occurred in the systems of G-Xchange Inc. (GXI), the operator of GCash, following a thorough technical investigation into reports of a massive data leak allegedly involving millions of user accounts.
In a statement, the CICC said its Cybercrime Investigation Office (CIO), in coordination with GCash, found that the data propagated by a dark Web user appeared to be recycled or previously exposed information, repackaged to look like a new breach.
The Philippines has officially joined the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime — the world’s first comprehensive global treaty aimed at combating crimes committed through information and communications technologies.
The initiative, called the Verification of Electronic Records and Information Trust and Authentication System (Veritas), will enable users to digitally sign and verify SEC-related documents through public-key cryptography, with all transactions recorded on a decentralized ledger to ensure immutability and traceability.
In the absence of an actual law on data sovereignty, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is preparing a circular that will require the localization of sensitive sovereign data in the Philippines.
