Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon, who served as the city’s representative in Congress, welcomed the start of the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card registration. The SIM card registration started on Dec. 27 and cell phone users have 180 days or six months to sign up. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL DR. JUN YNARES As we write this column, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) would have started the mandatory registration of all Subscriber Identity Modules or more commonly known as SIM cards. The start of the mandatory registration takes place after President...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The registration of Subscriber Identity Module or SIM cards as prescribed under Republic Act No. 11934 has commenced, and the different public telecommunications entities (PTEs) have launched their respective online platforms where their subscribers must register in...
New laws in the Philippines are expected to support mergers and acquisition (M&A), which declined in 2022 to $8.1 billion in value for 33 deals from $9.961 billion in 2021, as companies capitalize on this strategy to expand and grow their business, according to consultancy firm PwC Philippines....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has cautioned Filipinos on a recently discovered GCash scam ahead of the start of SIM card registration on Dec. 27. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Facebook) Gatchalian cited a fraudulent email apparently coming from GCash Promotions advising recipients that their...
The Senate Committee on Social Justice Welfare and Rural Development has endorsed for plenary approval the measure seeking the establishment of a support fund for persons with disabilities or PWDs, for their empowerment and full inclusion in the community. Together with the Senate Committee on...
The Philippines' digital transformation must go side-by-side with its continued infrastructure development. (Sam Albury/ Unsplash) Thus, reckoned Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, who learned from Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy...
In the “spirit of fairness and due appreciation” of the teachers’ service to the nation this Christmas season, a group on Wednesday, Dec. 21, urged the government to give the one-time full payment of P20,000 Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) for the personnel of the Department of Education...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, December 21 said he respects the President’s prerogative to veto some provisions of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) 2023. "And we trust in his wisdom," Villanueva said. "The work of the legislature now is to continue its oversight powers...
Be upfront and transparent with the prices of your products. (John Schnobrich/ Unsplash) This was House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan's warning to online retailers Wednesday, Dec. 21, amid Filipinos' last-minute Christmas shopping. “Online retailers who do not put...
The Philippine Senate is now on a Christmas break after wrapping up a season with pieces of legislation that recognize and respond to Filipinos’ needs. “Since we first convened 20 weeks ago, we have devoted every single day to carrying out the duties the Constitution has assigned us, and...
Smart Communications, Inc. today, Dec. 19, released its initial list of Frequently Asked Questions to guide Smart and TNT subscribers for their SIM Registration starting next Tuesday, Dec. 27. All SIM users, both existing and new, are required to register their SIMs with their current Telcos, under...
