A total of 35 Indegenous Peoples (IP) youth from an Aeta community in Porac, Pampanga finished a digital literacy program spearheaded by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) - Pampanga. DICT Pampanga (FACEBOOK) The project was in partnership with the National...
Local telcos suffered at least a thousand incidents of cable theft and sabotage of their network equipment in the first semester of 2022 alone. They urged customers to stay vigilant against such illegal activities disrupting their internet connection, Thursday, July 21. Recently, a group of men...
PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) is backing the Better Internet Act, which calls for providers to cover unserved and underserved areas in the country within three years. The telco made the statement Tueday, July 19, after The Better Internet Act was re-filed in the 19th Congress. “We remain committed to...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)'s "Co-opbiz", an online global marketplace for its cooperative members, was formally launched on June 28 at Novotel Manila Araneta City in Quezon City. (COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) It can be accessed at coopbiz.ph. The "Co-opbiz" is an e-commerce...
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...
