The upcoming election tandem of Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III will not be campaigning against the Duterte administration but will be pushing for reforms that the current government failed or did not do enough. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (left) and...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has issued a cease-and-desist order (CDO) to the website Pilipinas2022.ph for multiple violations of the Data Privacy Act even as it warned voters against giving their personal information as part of surveys to gauge public pulse for the 2022 national...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has issued its first guidance on the adoption of tools in the digital economy that will unlock potentials of domestic enterprises to tap the ASEAN market. In a statement, NPC said the first guidance harmonizes harmonize data management and cross-border transfer...
Following the sudden demise of National Power Corporation (NPC) President and CEO Pio J. Benavidez, the state-run firm has named Atty Melchor Paz Ridulme as officer-in-charge. Ridulme is currently NPC’s vice president and legal counsel; and his assumption of the OIC post will be until such time...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will press charges against two mayors in Luzon in connection with the operation of illegal open dumpsites. (File photo / Office of DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda) DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda identified the two mayors as Mayor...
State-run National Power Corporation (NPC) will deploy four new solar photovoltaic (PV) and diesel hybrid systems to meet the electricity needs of its customers in off-grid areas, as served by its Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) unit. As noted by NPC President and CEO Pio J. Benavidez, the...
State-run National Power Corporation (NPC) is seeking regulatory approval on the pass-on of P7.562 billion worth of under-recoveries on universal charge for missionary electrification (UCME), or that subsidy component being passed on to all ratepayers to fund energization of off-grid and far flung...
Another government agency, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) denounces in the strongest terms any act of unjust profiling of community pantry organizers and expresses grave concern the statement of police authorities likening the selfless act of an organizer to that of satan’s. In a strongly...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) Tuesday, ( April 20 ) called the Philippine National Police (PNP) Data Protection Office to look into alleged profiling of Community Pantry organizers and take appropriate measures to prevent any doings of its personnel on the ground that could potentially harm...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is urging local government authorities to practice transparency with responsibility when posting the identities of the financial beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) on social media. “We understand that using social media platforms is a...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said it is currently validating information that over 879,699 Facebook accounts of Filipino netizens that are allegedly compromised as part of the large-scale breach affecting 533 million global users in the social media platform. In a statement, NPC was...
Law enforcement or investigative agencies of the government have no blanket authority to access or use the information of private individuals under custody of another agency, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) said. The privacy watchdog issued this statement following the controversy on...
