The House of Representatives terminated on Thursday, Sept. 7, the plenary deliberation on the P6.8-billion budget that the DICT has put forward for next year.
Aiming to use technology to reach sectors of the society that do not have access to financial services, PLDT unit FinTQ has partnered with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and several civil society groups to launch a new initiative called ?KasamaKa.?
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said law enforcement authorities should have access within 24 hours to information from closed-circuit television videos (CCTVs) to speed up criminal investigations.
The Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) on Wednesday, Aug. 30, expressed bullishness that the country?s BPO industry will continue to grown and is capable to handle the challenges of the entry of robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and other related technologies in the market.
The PCC decision stated that there appears to be no increased ability nor incentive for Mynt to block entry or expansion of other players in the market after the acquisition.
A study commissioned by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) has revealed that for a great majority of Filipino adults, data privacy rights are important and they want organizations that collect personal information to provide details on how and where the data will be used.
In an earlier Senate hearing, Sen. Grace Poe said she will most likely propose a provision in the bill to limit the number of vehicles to two or three per owner-operator. A local representative of ride-hailing firm Grab admitted in the hearing that one operator has 70 units under his name.
Since the start of its acrimonious tiff with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), the local office of ride-hailing firm Uber has paid a total of P494.24 million in total fines.
