The House of Representatives moved to to take strong action against criminal activities carried out with the use of mobile phones by passing on final reading the mandatory registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. House of Representatives plenary The chamber voted 181 for and six...
Official poster of the Bayanihan Bakunahan for the National COVID-19 Vaccination Days. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Information and Communications Technology) The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is encouraging Filipinos, especially the medical, nursing and...
With Philippine National Public Key Infrastructure (PNPKI) Digital Signatures already received by teachers and personnel, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Nov. 10 expressed readiness for the upcoming May 2022 national and local elections. (Photo from DepEd) “Data security is a...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno For the nth time, my colleagues at the Manila City hall have made me really, really proud. This, after the local government of Manila once again reaped several awards, this time courtesy of the Department of Information and...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and Bayan Muna Chairman Neri Colmenares on Wednesday, Oct. 6 sought an immediate investigation into the alleged “hijacking” of emergency alerts frequency which was used for a campaign message for the presidential bid of...
The Philippines ranked 48th among 110 countries in the latest Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL), climbing 18 places since 2020 and surpassing Indonesia. digital-897x598 The study, conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark, covered 90 percent of the global population. Evaluated on five...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Monday night, Oct 4, that the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) beneficiaries in Laguna is 100 percent complete. He added that the distribution in Bataan now is 97.95...
Department of Information and Communications Technology The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Provincial Government of Ifugao inked an agreement to strengthen their partnership in implementing the agency’s “Free Wi-Fi for All” program in the province. DICT...
DICT-Standard-Sub-brand-Logo-for-dark-backgrounds_02 Despite getting just P1.9 billion of its P18 billion budget for the National Broadband Program (NBP), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is fast tracking the build out of a supplemental infrastructure -...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is calling on teachers and personnel who have not yet signed up for the Philippine National Public Key Infrastructure (PNPKI) to register through DepEd Learning Management System (LMS) in preparation for the upcoming 2022 Elections. (Photo from DepEd) “During...
At least 138,000 digital vaccination certificates for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been distributed so far since its launch, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT Undersecretary for Digital...
Senator Imee Marcos has questioned the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for allegedly allowing the Dito Telecommunity use its facilities for free. DICT Secretary Gregorio Honasan II attends a Senate hearing on the alleged irregularties in the PhilHealth on August 11,...
