65994 While the Philippines gained 12 million new digital users during the pandemic, the country still registered the lowest internet users transacting online in the region, at only 68 percent, according to the latest e-Conomy Southeast Asia (SEA) Report. Digitalization is vital, especially because...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chief Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte can be charged for inciting to sedition and possibly even grave coercion for his role in the questionable P8-billion COVID-19 pandemic supply contract entered into by the government with Pharmally...
Malacañang preferred to wait for the final and official report of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the government's deal with pharmaceutical firm Pharmally before taking action, saying the initial report that was released on February 1 had not been adopted. President Rodrigo Duterte...
iStock-1204762248-scaled The dark side of digitalisation surfaces as the pandemic surges, warned Data Protection Excellence (DPEX) Centre, the learning and research arm of Straits Interactive. DPEX, which issued the warning on Wednesday Jan. 6, has released its data protection trends report for the...
Hotels that serve as quarantine facilities for individuals who recently returned from abroad aren't completely absolved from legal action despite President Duterte's statements, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles clarified on Wednesday, Jan. 5. (Ralph Darabos/ Unsplash) Nograles, the acting...
This 2021 is about making the most of what we have, and what we have is usually more than enough—if we only just learn to value what we have already. Our top 10 stories under Life + Leisure just proves that this holds true as Dawn Zulueta proves that you can still have fun at home, while the...
It has been another roller coaster ride for parents as the danger that surrounds our family isn't over yet. News of children and even parents getting infected with COVID-19 topped the stories for 2021, with some who passed away while some successfully beating the dreaded virus. Online challenges,...
• The Senate once again reinforced its role as the nation’s fiscalizer in the midst of perceived lack of direction of government response to pandemic • The Senate pursued legislation that would help quell the rising number of cases of COVID-19 in the country, and to ensure that the government...
PPP CENTER As the pandemic widened the country's infrastructure gap, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center this year added five more projects worth P22.91 billion to its pipeline, bringing the grand total to 63 projects worth P7.243 trillion. The additional projects include the Tourism...
Which local government unit (LGU) is the richest in the National Capital Region (NCR)? The Commission on Audit (COA) recently released the annual financial report for LGUs for the year 2020. The report listed the top 10 provinces, cities and municipalities with the biggest amount of total assets in...
The province of Cebu under Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia topped the list of provinces in the country with the highest net assets reaching P208.27 billion while Bulacan headed by Gov. Daniel Fernando registered the highest revenue in 2020 at P5.81 billion. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia Cebu In terms of liabilities,...
Quezon City headed by Mayor Joy Belmonte topped all local government units in terms of largest total assets and revenues in the country. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte The 2020 Annual Financial Report released by the Commission on ‘Audit on Wednesday, Dec. 22 showed that QC’s registered total...
