Filipino scientists in the United States (US) are being tapped by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Balik Scientist Program (BSP) as part of its continuous efforts to strengthen Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) capabilities in the country. Balik Scientist Dr. Doralyn Dalisay....
The number of registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the Philippines has breached 20 million, said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, Jan, 16, nearly three weeks after the mandatory registration began. SIM card (Unsplash) Based on the latest...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has vowed to help clean up four local markets in the country flagged by the European Commission in its latest Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List as hubs of counterfeits and piracy activities. The agency in charge of protecting and...
Manila’s popular sprawling mass markets – Baclaran, Divisoria, Greenhils and Cartimar – have been tagged as hubs of counterfeit goods in the country by the European Commission Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. In the latest biennial report in December last year, the EU Watch List identified...
FROM THE MARGINS I have a deeper appreciation of agricultural microfinance after my recent visit to Bacolod, where I met with sugar farm workers and beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). I also had the opportunity to commune with officers of the Negros Women for...
In a media briefing last week, Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara said that the Luzon grid could be distressed with 12 incidents of yellow alerts for eight months this year, a condition in the power system entailing insufficiency of power reserves. This forecast is...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the planned P5.43 billion initial public offering of Upson International Corporation (Upson), the country’s leading retailer of personal computers (PCs) and information technology (IT) products. In a statement, the firm said the SEC approved...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) disclosed its plan to pursue an enhanced digital cooperation with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). DICT Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian This...
The Libreng Sakay (free bus ride) program that started in late 2020 is an initiative that shows government is listening to the people. Recently, when news reports announced that the program would not be extended after it ended on Dec. 31, 2022, people – especially those who needed the free rides...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL One essential aspect about advertising is that eternal search for the “stickiness” of your advertising material. By that I refer to the kind of imprint and recall one’s ad will make on the public, and those who see the material. If in the past,...
A House leader is asking the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) to reconsider its decision to move the SIM registration deadline to April from the original June deadline. (Mehdi Lamaaffar/ Unsplash) “Absent any effort to make the registration more inclusive and...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda believes that Congress can help the Philippines become more competitive in the global semiconductor industry. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda Salceda had this to say following his participation in the Indo-Pacific Business Forum last Jan. 12. The Bicolano...
