Malacañang expressed confidence that there will be fewer Filipinos with no jobs in the future as the government develops concrete plans to sustain economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Communication Secretary Martin Andanar made the statement after the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 28, assured voters that hackers cannot manipulate the results of the upcoming elections, saying the system utilized by the poll body is secured and nobody can hack into it. Voting at Tenement Elementary School in Taguig City (Photo courtesy...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma On Monday, May 9, Filipino voters will elect a new president, vice president, 12 senators, a representative for their congressional district, a provincial governor, vice-governor, provincial board members, city or municipal mayor, vice-mayors and members of the city or...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) further boosted its air defense capabilities as it inaugurated a new simulator training center on Tuesday, April 26. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (left) attends the ceremonial acceptance, turn-over, and blessing of the...
Micro financial service provider, Cebuana Lhuillier and its social responsibility arm, Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. (CLFI) launched its 100th Alternative Learning System-Community Learning Center (ALS-CLC) at Amai Pakpak Elementary School in Marawi City. “As part of its inclusion advocacy,...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The National Irrigation Administration-Cordillera turned over a total of nine irrigation projects worth P36 million to different beneficiary irrigators/associations during a simple ceremony on Thursday (April 21) at the Benguet Sports Complex in Wangal, La Trinidad....
(Screenshot of hacked Twitter account of UP System) The official Twitter account of the University of the Philippines (UP) System with the handle @upsystem has been hacked as of Monday, April 25. As of press time, the entry “takashi murakami” appears to have overtaken the UP system’s official...
(PSA PHILIPPINE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FACEBOOK) As part of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) project, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has officially unveiled the PhilSys Check, an authentication system for the Philippine Identification (PhilID) card through its QR code...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recently set protocols for the establishment of technical hubs for the replacements of secure digital (SD) cards and repair of defective vote-counting machines (VCMs) on Election Day, May 9. (PNA PHOTO) On Friday, April 22, the poll body released Resolution...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rey Bulay bared on Friday, April 22, that no information that will affect the upcoming May 2022 polls was accessed in the alleged Smartmatic data breach. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan and Commissioner George Garcia during the walkthrough of the...
The National Bureau of investigation (NBI) is convinced that the former contractual employee did not act alone in the alleged data breaching of a technology firm, Smartmatic, a software provider on contract with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). NBI Cybercrime Division Chief Victor Lorenzo...
Should he win in the May 2022 elections, presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said he would establish an immunization registry system for every local government unit (LGU) in the country. Marcos said this is to ensure that all Filipinos would have an easy...
