The Board of Investments (BOI) is positioning Mindanao as a potential hub for AI-enabled industries, semiconductor design, mineral processing, and other higher-value activities under the government's 2026 Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP).
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1 billion to the University of the Philippines (UP) System to expand Project NOAH’s use of artificial intelligence and other digital technologies for flood forecasting and disaster risk assessment.
A key component of the roadmap is the development of up to 1.5 gigawatts of AI-ready data center capacity by 2033, a scale that would significantly expand the country's digital infrastructure as demand for artificial intelligence computing resources grows.
The agencies will collaborate on Digital Imaging for Monitoring and Evaluation (DIME) initiative, which will harness cutting-edge technologies such as satellites, drones, and geotagging to ensure transparent and efficient utilization of public funds.
The PhilGEPS eMarketplace, a digital platform aimed at modernizing government procurement processes, is designed to be inclusive, providing opportunities for MSMEs, social enterprises, and women-led businesses to participate in government procurement by simplifying the registration and bidding process.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it is allocating a total of P24.13 billion for ICT-related expenditures from the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023.
It may be recalled that the cost per unit of the laptops procured by the Department of Education through the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) was P58,300, revealing that the purchased laptops were more than P30,000 above the discovered original price.
Richard “Bon” Moya, the national technology officer of Microsoft Philippines and former chief information officer of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), has died at relatively young age of 52.
