The IT Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Board of Investments (BOI) signed a five-year development program outlining specific activities to spur the local IT-business process management industry (IT-BPM). The “Statement of...
The National Competitive Examination (NCE) for School Year (SY) 2024 to 2025 in the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) is back three years after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday, April 25, the Philippine Science High School System stated that the Department of Science...
Filipinos were told to brace for a possible uptick in mobile text scams and spams following the 90-day extension given to the mandatory SIM card registration. (Unsplash) In a public briefing on Tuesday afternoon, April 25, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan...
The mandatory SIM card registration, which was supposed to end on April 26, has been extended for 90 more days, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Tuesday, April 25. Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards (Courtesy of Pixabay) DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, April 25, welcomed the decision of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to extend the period for registering Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards for 90 days. The deadline for SIM card registration is tomorrow, April 26. Poe, head of the...
Will the SIM registration period be extended or not? The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, April 24, said they are considering the possible extension of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration period. SIM card (Unsplash) Two days before the...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. believes the Copernicus Capacity Support Action programme for the Philippines (CopPhil) will strengthen the nation’s resilience to disasters and climate change. In his keynote address during CopPhil's launch, he said that...
The mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration will still end on April 26, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Wednesday morning, April 19. In a statement, the DICT acknowledged the appeals of public telecommunication entities (PTEs) to extend the...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched the Broadband ng Masa program in Davao City in line with its goal to eradicate digital divide across the archipelago. (Department of Information and Communications Technology) The program was formally activated at the...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) bared that the latest SIM Registration tally has breached 69 million, but this is only equivalent to about 41.32 percent of the existing cards across the archipelago. Data issued by the DICT showed that a total of 69,828,115 users...
Sprout Solutions, one of the Philippines’ most trusted HR technology platforms, announced it has secured $10.7 million in Series B funding from seven prominent global venture capital firms. In a statement Friday, April 14, Sprout said that the round was led by Cercano Management, with...
Waste management experts from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) provided a two-day training workshop for six Pangasinan Local Government Units (LGUs) to provide communities with science-based knowledge on proper waste management. According to DOST, DOST Regional Office 1 (DOST-I),...
