President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has issued a memorandum reorganizing and renaming the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and its attached agencies to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (MARK BALMORES) Executive Secretary...
Outgoing Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar turned over pertinent agency documents to incoming PCOO Secretary lawyer Rose Beatrix 'Trixie' Cruz-Angeles on Wednesday, June 29. Outgoing Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and Communications...
The government recently opened a state-of-the-art Digital Forensics Platform and Laboratory (DFPAL) in Quezon City to fight cybercrimes, particularly, Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC). “Children became more vulnerable to cyberattacks after the pandemic forced them to stay...
Outgoing Communications Secretary Martin Andanar admitted that reforming the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) was the toughest part of serving as lead communications manager of President Duterte. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (Malacañang photo) However, in an...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) backed the renewed push for Subscriber Identity Mobile (SIM) Card Registration Bill to ensure consumer protection, the telco stated Wednesday, June 22. This comes as Senator Grace Poe, chair of the Senate public services committee, urged members of the incoming...
Outgoing Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday called on the country's media practitioners to continue holding the government accountable to the public even beyond the Duterte administration. In his parting speech with the media in Malacañang, Andanar enjoined "everyone to continue...
PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. blocked over 23 million malicious messages in just three days , June 11 to 14, 2022, the telcos announced. ‘Smishing’ or SMS phishing is a form of social engineering done through text messages. They deceive customers into thinking they were sent by...
PLDT Inc. recently deployed additional submarine cable links to connect major islands in Southern Luzon and Visayas for the first time, expanding its fiber service to Burias Island in Masbate, Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro and Semirara Island in Antique. The fiber connectivity will improve...
Local telcos are blocking more than double the number of cyber attacks to date as Filipinos continue to shift most of their activities online due to the pandemic. PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. combated more than double the number of ‘smishing’ (text messages that aim to steal the...
Senator Grace Poe has called on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to increase their efforts to halt rampant text scams victimizing many unsuspecting mobile phone users in the country Poe, chairwoman of the Senate...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar expressed his gratitude to President Duterte for letting him be a part of the "change" the outgoing Chief Executive had promised to deliver six years ago. Photo from Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (Facebook) Andanar said after Duterte hosted a...
Filipinos adopting 5th generation technology (5G) now drive the growth of data, according to Smart Communications Inc. SVP and Head of Consumer Wireless Business Jane J. Basas. Data traffic on Smart's 5G network grew by 65 percent in the first quarter 2022 as the number of unique 5G devices grew 35...
