Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, Dec. 31, all uniformed and civilian employees of the police organization to sign up for the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration in the soonest possible time. The SIM Registration Act, or the...
The chief economic manager of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lauded Congress for the early passage of the 2023 national budget as it plays a critical role in fueling optimism over next year’s growth prospects. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the swift enactment of the 2023 General...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday, December 29 urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the country’s telecommunication companies to set up kiosk for the rollout of the SIM Registration Act to help individuals who have difficulty accessing online portals. Binay...
A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon, who served as the city’s representative in Congress, welcomed the start of the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card registration. The SIM card registration started on Dec. 27 and cell phone users have 180 days or six months to sign up. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL DR. JUN YNARES As we write this column, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) would have started the mandatory registration of all Subscriber Identity Modules or more commonly known as SIM cards. The start of the mandatory registration takes place after President...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The registration of Subscriber Identity Module or SIM cards as prescribed under Republic Act No. 11934 has commenced, and the different public telecommunications entities (PTEs) have launched their respective online platforms where their subscribers must register in...
New laws in the Philippines are expected to support mergers and acquisition (M&A), which declined in 2022 to $8.1 billion in value for 33 deals from $9.961 billion in 2021, as companies capitalize on this strategy to expand and grow their business, according to consultancy firm PwC Philippines....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has cautioned Filipinos on a recently discovered GCash scam ahead of the start of SIM card registration on Dec. 27. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Facebook) Gatchalian cited a fraudulent email apparently coming from GCash Promotions advising recipients that their...
The Senate Committee on Social Justice Welfare and Rural Development has endorsed for plenary approval the measure seeking the establishment of a support fund for persons with disabilities or PWDs, for their empowerment and full inclusion in the community. Together with the Senate Committee on...
The Philippines' digital transformation must go side-by-side with its continued infrastructure development. (Sam Albury/ Unsplash) Thus, reckoned Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, who learned from Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy...
In the “spirit of fairness and due appreciation” of the teachers’ service to the nation this Christmas season, a group on Wednesday, Dec. 21, urged the government to give the one-time full payment of P20,000 Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) for the personnel of the Department of Education...
