TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim, former DICT Undersecretary Several months back, I featured in this column the correlation between having the right skills for its workforce and the country’s global competitiveness and how having an effective skills development program will position it to take...
Backed by its goal to open more opportunities in the field of ICT, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) opened access to free Google Career certificates. “Right-skilling and right-tooling are more accessible now with the Google Career Certificates Program. We...
FROM THE MARGINS The future is Agriculture 4.0. Slowly but surely, the breakthroughs in technology that have transformed other industries is changing agriculture. Connectivity, mobile adoption, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies are transforming the whole agricultural value...
The Department of Finance (DOF) clarified that the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on digital transactions only aims to ensure that everybody pays his fair share of taxes. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposed VAT on electronic or digital services does not impose new taxes,...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is prodding the new leadership of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to tap digital innovations in performing its mandate of providing medical insurance as well as affordable and accessible health care services to all Filipinos. Davao...
A group of digital advocates urged on Wednesday, Nov, 30, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to look into the inappropriate practice of selling beep cards online when there is a shortage of supply at Metro Rail Transit (MRT) stations. Ronald Gustilo, Digital Pinoys national campaigner,...
On November 18, 2022, top executives from Robinsons Appliances Otis and its consumer electronics partners held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the relaunch of Robinsons Appliances Digital Store Otis. The store now offers the latest gadgets and computer peripherals for gamers and professionals. From...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo According to the United Nations, overcoming the digital divide is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The aim is to achieve universal, safe, inclusive, and affordable access to the Internet for all by 2030. The pandemic showed us how we can leapfrog...
Leading digital banking services provider CIMB Bank PH has partnered with Southeast Asia’s leading digital payments provider SeaMoney to onboard 2.5 million loan customers in 2023, doubling the 1.3 million users SPayLater currently has in the country. The BNPL transaction volume in the Philippine...
Individuals who wish to benefit from the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) free activities may join the department’s digital literacy training in December. (MB Visual Content Group) Spearheaded by DICT CALABARZON, the initiative will be launched through the...
Digital technology firm boosts security features By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Ant Group Digital Technologies, a technology unit of Ant Group, recently introduced a number of new features in its cutting-edge digital solutions to boost security features of its digital solutions for the international...
Undergraduate students and non-teaching personnel of Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) - Bambang Campus have benefitted from the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) five-day digital literacy and internet media training. “The training aims to provide ICT-related...
