"Powerhouse vocalists" from all over the country will pour their hearts out during the concert President Marcos will host for Filipino teachers next month, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. Konsyerto sa Palasyo (Facebook) In a Facebook post, the PCO named singers Alex Dagalea,...
PLDT Inc. (PLDT) has expanded the reach of its fiber-to-the home services to the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS), bringing the fastest fiber internet connectivity to the “largest resort city” in the country. In a statement, the firm said that, with a growing population and a thriving...
Mobile phone users would now be required to take a “live selfie” before their SIM registration application is approved. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Sec. Ivan John Uy presents the agency's proposed 2024 budget before a Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing...
Around 80.54 million Filipinos or 87.5 percent of the population aged five years old and above have been registered in Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) as of Sept. 1, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Of this group, 78.12 million individuals have been issued a unique PhilSys...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) denied on Monday, Sept. 18 that it has troll farms or troll armies in the agency. Secretary Cheloy Vlicaria Garafil briefs senators on the proposed 2024 budget of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) and its attached agencies and...
Mobile network operator Smart Communications urges peers and stakeholders in the telecommunications industry to come up with a more coordinated response against online and text scams and fraud. “We need to dive deeper into how criminals operate and bring to light the entire cyber scam ecosystem....
Several government officials from different agencies have represented the Philippines in a symposium to enhance policies and practices on traveler identification and border control and thus ensure safe and seamless travel, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. Photo from the...
Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) will receive emergency roaming communication assistance in Morocco, which was hit by a deadly earthquake, and in Libya which suffered from the Mediterranean storm "Daniel". “We hope that through this we can help our kababayans as communication remains difficult...
The Philippines is preparing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish digital cooperation with Estonia. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy told Estonian Prime Minister Kaja...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking confidential funds to fight cybercrime and go after scammers. (DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy courtesy of PCO) Information and Secretary Ivan John Uy justified his department's move to request P300 million in confidential...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday, Sept. 13, announced its target to deploy the digitalized national Identification (ID) via the e-Gov PH application before 2023 ends. DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy (Screenshot from RTVM/Facebook) READ:...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy revealed that the long delay—about “four years or five years”—in the issuance of the physical national ID has made the public impatient, not the least President Marcos himself. President Ferdinand...
