Retail outlets charging customers for registering their SIM cards on their behalf are not violating any law, a Cabinet member said. DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy (Photo courtesy of PCO) Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Ivan John Uy said it is merely a "private...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, April 27, expressed commitment to participate in the hearings on the proposed bill to replace the existing K to 12 basic education program. (DepEd / MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) On April 26, House Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria...
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...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* Last Friday April 21, which fittingly was Eid al-Fitr, I had the honor and privilege of delivering the keynote message at the mid-year commencement exercises of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). I am also grateful and...
In order to further encourage the public to register their SIM cards, the government is planning to cut them off from various services like calls, texts, and access to social media accounts if they would still fail to do so within the 90-day extension. This, however, is not yet final and is still...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was compelled to extend the SIM card registration period to 90 more days as he recognized that the remaining unregistered SIM cards are still a significant number. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool)...
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...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the extension of the subscriber identity module (SIM) card registration period after the April 26 deadline. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool) Shortly after Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin...
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...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it will try to match this year the record $10.5 billion foreign direct investments (FDI) registered by the Philippines in 2021. “That’s what we are aspiring for,” said DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual during a television interview when asked if...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) would like the United States government to consider a partnership with the Philippines on critical minerals processing for potential complementation in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem that would enable the Philippines to participate in the industry’s...