Globe Telecom Inc. is taking a huge step toward sustainability by announcing the transition of Globe Prepaid and TM SIM (subscriber identity module) cards from virgin plastics to 100 percent recycled plastics. Globe previously launched eco-friendly SIMs in 2022 for its postpaid users,...
Globe Telecom Inc. is pushing the government to establish a validated database where registrants’ identity can be verified amid the alleged proliferation of pre-registered SIM cards being sold online. Globe issued the statement on Monday, March 3, after the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested a couple for allegedly selling pre-registered Subscriber Identification Module cards in an entrapment operation in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan on Nov. 26. Police Col. Larry Buansi, chief of the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit-Cordillera Administrative Region, said they...
Mastercard and AF Payments Inc. (beep™) have launched a pilot program enabling contactless payments on Bonifacio Global City (BGC) buses using Mastercard cards. In a statement, Mastercard said the initiative aims to enhance the commuting experience for Filipinos by offering a more convenient and...
Vice President Sara Duterte refused to comment on the P20-million budget the government will spend for President Marcos third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, and indirectly compared the House of Representatives to a “house of cards.” Vice President Sara Duterte speaks...
CEBU CITY – Charges were filed against a woman for allegedly manufacturing and selling falsified Tax Identification Number (TIN) cards. NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas Regional Director Renan Oliva (left) shows the mug shots of a woman who was arrested for allegedly selling...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to raise the validity period of all Professional Identification Cards (PICs) issued by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). From the current three-year validity, Estrada is pushing all PRC IDs to be...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Davao urged local government units to pass ordinances to address pawning of cash cards issued to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or Conditional Cash Transfer program. Margie C. Cabido, division chief of the...
The Social Security System (SSS) will dispose of unclaimed Unified Multi-Purpose Identification (UMID) cards from its branches by the end of this year. In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 21, the pension fund said UMID card applicants between August 2017 to December 2020 must claim their IDs on or...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy revealed that the long delay—about “four years or five years”—in the issuance of the physical national ID has made the public impatient, not the least President Marcos himself. President Ferdinand...
1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero (Facebook) 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero recently filed a measure institutionalizing a comprehensive food stamp program that involves the use of "tap cards". The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8532, aims to aid all poor households in the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) food stamp program aims to provide for at least 300,000 families on its first run scheduled in early 2024, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Tuesday, May 23. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) He gave details about the...
