According to Yeo Siang Tiong, general manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky, the NTC just announced that the registration of new and existing SIM cards will start on December 27. According to the IRR of the SIM Registration Law, mobile users in the country are required to input their personal...
The implementing rules and regulations of the Republic Act No. 11934, otherwise known as the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act was released by the National Telecommunications Commission on Monday, Dec. 12. RA 11934 aims to make end users accountable for their usage of mobile...
Christmas Gift Christmas shopping is not for the faint of heart. From braving throngs of people, enduring traffic jams, hunting down presents, to surviving long checkout queues, shopping for the holidays can be quite stressful. One way to survive the Christmas rush is to prepare ahead of your...
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) is eyeing to establish a new system that will enable business establishments at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to accept all types of credit cards for easier transaction with passengers. NAIA (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) MIAA General...
The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation wants to get to the bottom of the long queues of returning Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at local airports. Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop said that such long lines...
Due to global chip supply chain problems, a beep cards shortage looms just as the country's rail transit system is fully normalizing, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) warned Friday, August 19. More passengers are expected to avail of Beep Cards and stored value cards (SVCs) as the bulk of...
It could be recalled that former President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed a bill requiring the mandatory registration of SIM cards of mobile phone users. At that time, Malacañang said that Duterte “did not agree with the social media registration,” which, to some experts, is a good move, as the lack...
Senators will try to have a bill enacted into law mandating the registration of all Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards being used by cell[phones and electronic gadgets. This after incoming Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa and Grace Poe filed the...
The Social Security System (SSS) and UnionBank of the Philippines (UBP) signed a memorandum of agreement on Monday, June 27, allowing SSS members to acquire Unified Multi-Purpose Identification (UMID) Pay Cards through the UBP. SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM WEBSITE The issuance of UMID Pay Cards through...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon is raring to get job done in her new role as a party-list congresswoman. Photo from Rowena Guanzon's Twitter) This, as the incoming P3PWD Party-list representative is planning to file not one, not two, but at least 10 priority...
The Pasay City government is collecting the biometric data of residents for the issuance of the “Electronic Mamamayan Identification Card” which can be used as a valid government-issued ID and an e-wallet for the distribution of financial aid. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the registration for...
Senator Grace Poe said on Monday, June 13 that she would refile the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act to combat the slew of text scams that prey on the need and vulnerability of the Filipino people. ‘’The hard times make many of our citizens easy victims to fake...
