The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the applications of G-Xchange, Inc. (GCash) and Macodimarc Technology Corporation (Pluang PH) to participate in the Commission’s regulatory sandbox. On June 2, 2025, the SEC formally issued the Notice of Approval for Entry into the SEC...
The United States (US) Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based firm, and its Chinese administrator Liu Lizhi, for facilitating massive virtual currency investment scams known as “pig butchering.” These...
CEBU CITY – Despite numerous challenges, the country’s contact center sector, along with the entire information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry, is poised to hit the ambitious $49-billion annual revenue goal by 2028. Haidee Enriquez, president of the Contact Center...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday, April 30, welcomed the appointment of lawyer Christina Faye M. Condez-de Sagon as Undersecretary, where she will concurrently serve as Chief of Staff to Secretary Henry R. Aguda. DICT / MB Visual Content Group In a...
Financial technology firm Skyro Lending, Inc. reported that it is slowly gaining traction from local and international banks to help finance its business growth throughout this year. In a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, April 29, Nasim Aliev, co-founder and co-chief executive officer of Skyro,...
President Marcos has recognized the need to have a strong mechanism to combat misinformation and disinformation in the country in light of rapidly evolving digital technologies. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) He, however, said that the government's effort...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep LRay Villafuerte believes newly-installed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is assessing various sites for future nuclear power plants, including possible locations in the western regions of the Philippines. In a recent ambush interview, DOE Undersecretary Sharon Garin shared that while these potential sites are still being evaluated...
DICT Secretary Henry Aguda (left), Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (Facebook) Newly-minted Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Henry Aguda must ensure the digitalization of not only government-to-government...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left), DICT Secretary Henry Aguda (Facebook) Economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has described newly-installed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary...
President Marcos has appointed former bank president Henry Rhoel Aguda as the new secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). New DICT Secretary Henry Rhoel Aguda (Photo courtesy of DICT) Aguda, the former president and chief executive officer of UnionDigital...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology has been urged to review the SIM Card Registration Act as text scams continue to proliferate. Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte asked DICT officer-in-charge Undersecretary Paul Mercado to revisit Republic Act 11934 law to enable them to...
