Senator Grace Poe urged the country's internet service providers (ISPs) and cable TV operators to work relentlessly to ensure that Filipinos have access to quality and affordable internet. Senator Grace Poe Post-pandemic, Poe said the call to action should be digital connectivity and inclusivity....
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda underscored on Wednesday, Oct. 2 that the Philippine creatives sector--which covers artists, artisans, producers--were "the biggest winners" in...
(Unsplash) A measure seeking to institutionalize a mechanism that would refund customers in case of outages and disruptions with their Internet or telecommunications services has gained final approval in the House of Representatives. Gaining 278 affirmative...
A bill seeking to compel telecommunication companies (Telcos) and internet service providers (ISPs) to provide automatic refund to subscribers who experience service interruptions has been filed in the Senate. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, author of Senate Bill No. 2074, said Telcos and ISPs...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, November 8 urged telecommunications companies (Telcos) and internet service providers (ISPs) to improve their services. Zubiri has filed Senate Bill 1381, or Better Internet Act, which requires all public telecommunications entities (telcos) and...
The river flood in Sitio Nayon, Tanay, Rizal usually lasts for about three days and the flood water is over a person’s head. Living in Barangay Santa Ines in Tanay, Rizal Province, Mylene Ramos is no stranger to floods. Surrounded by lush, mountainous, agricultural land at the foothills of the...
BC Net chairman Dioceldo Sy Dioceldo“Deo” Sy has always believed in making quality yet affordable products and services easily accessible to Filipinos. Often referred to as the father of cosmetics in the Philippines, owing to his reputation for bringing a slew of makeup brands within reach of...
PLDT Home and Lionsgate Play PLDT Home, the Philippines’ fastest broadband service provider, partners with premium streaming platform Lionsgate Play. Filipinos can now enjoy and experience the best of global content across action, comedy, drama, horror, and thriller genres — and more of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) welcomed on Saturday, May 14, the reported suggestion of the Senate to lower the qualifications on interested service providers of vote counting machines (VCMs) for future polls. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants large foreign digital service providers (DSP) to remit to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) the value-added tax (VAT) in transactions that go through their platforms. Finance Director Euvimil Nina R. Asuncion said the DOF supports House Bill (HB) No. 7425...
The Sun Life Investment Management and Trust Corp. (SLIMTC) has appointed global financial giant Citi as its middle office service provider in the Philippines. In a statement, Mike Enriquez, SLIMTC president said the mandate made Citi the first bank in the country to onboard a middle office client,...
