Digitalization is transforming the world and has become an integral part of modern society. It plays a crucial role in shaping a country's economic, social, and political landscape. South Korea, for example, has become one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, with a strong...
A digital and globally competitive nation by 2040? Information and Communications Technology Anna Mae Lamentillo said the DICT is working hand in hand with other government agencies to attain a shared goal: to make the Philippines a “prosperous middle class and globally competitive society” by...
Local banks are in the sights of global fintech platforms provider, Intellect Design Arena, which targets the Philippines as a lucrative "strategic market". Over the short term, in just in a couple of years, the company expects to haul in $10 million revenues per annum, around P546 million, from...
USAID, the principal US government agency to extend assistance to countries, launched a P1 billion digitalization program that aims to digitally transform 30,000 small micro and medium enterprises (MSMEs) over a five-year period. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson announced the $18...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has launched a management portal system that will connect its electronic data-based documents to its counterparts in the Southeast Asia region. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the project is the Philippine government's commitment to have interconnectivity of...
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...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it will continue improving its digital capabilities to make the payment and collection of taxes easier. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. made the assurance to allay concerns of some revenuers and even outsiders that he might not continue the...
FROM THE MARGINS The future is Agriculture 4.0. Slowly but surely, the breakthroughs in technology that have transformed other industries is changing agriculture. Connectivity, mobile adoption, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies are transforming the whole agricultural value...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has reiterated the lower chamber's commitment toward the digital transformation being sought by the Marcos administration. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left, standing) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (2nd from right) meet with journalists at the APEC...
ZTE Corporation kicked off the 5G Summit and User Congress 2022 at Lake Maggiore in Stresa, Italy last November 8-9, 2022. With the theme “Inspire the Digital Transformation”, the 2-day event, gathered thought leaders, industry partners, leading analysts from GSMA, Intel, CCS, IGF, 3GPP and...
UBX, the financial technology (fintech) venture studio of the Aboitiz Group, is leading the multi-sectoral initiative to hasten the government's digital transformation. UBX officially introduced the Digital Transformation ng Pilipinas (#DigiPinas) Initiative on Thursday, Oct. 27. The...
Juan Manuel Hoyos, the president of Nissan Philippines The first 100 days of Nissan’s President, Juan Manuel Hoyos Presidents, whether of countries or companies, face an unenviable challenge: that of steering the proverbial ship towards its goals. As has now become a tradition, one of the early...
