President Marcos has agreed that blockchain technology could help prevent corruption in the use of public funds, but acknowledged that even rule-bound systems have been undermined by officials in the past. In an interview with Manila Bulletin’s “The Sit Down,” Marcos said while blockchain "is...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong is pushing for the adoption of blockchain technology to enhance transparency, accountability, and integrity in public service. “Blockchain technology was really designed to secure documents,” Magalong said in a position paper he delivered before a Senate...
Amid the continuous investigation into the flood control project scandal, Senator Bam Aquino is pushing for a bill that seeks the tap blockchain technology in the national budget as a means to curb corruption. Tacklec during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology presided by...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has adopted a blockchain platform to promote transparency and curb corruption in its multibillion-peso flood control projects. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon and Blockchain Council of the Philippines (BCP) President Donald Patrick Lim signed a...
By DERCO ROSAL Data powers artificial intelligence (AI), allowing it to learn and make decisions. However, as AI progresses, getting access to data is becoming harder. Alarmingly, only a few big tech companies now control much of the data, keeping it within their own systems. With this, we ask: Is...
HOUSTON – Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is widely perceived and already being experienced by more mature markets as the next major ‘disruptor’ in energy markets – be it for predictive analytics for asset maintenance or optimizing power plant operations to empowering utilities...
Fashion and technology collide as world-renowned Filipino fashion designer Michael Cinco holds the country's first-ever Metaverse Fashion Gala! Witness as Michael Cinco redefines the boundaries of creativity and innovation at the Philippine Blockchain Week (PBW) Metaverse Fashion...
Homegrown Smart Citi Teknologi (SCT), which specializes in the development and integration of technologies, in partnership with Hong Kong technology companies announced three projects aimed at advancing digitalization in the Philippines through blockchain technology. PHILIPPINE DIGITALIZATION --...
The cryptocurrency community places a strong emphasis on privacy, with many projects and technologies being developed specifically to protect the privacy of users, making it difficult for outside parties to track or trace the flow of funds. The use of these technologies helps to preserve user...
During the Philippine Blockchain Week, Eliezer Rabadon, CEO of DvCode Technologies Inc, discussed the future of GameFi in the Philippines. GameFi is a term used to describe the concept of using video games as a way to earn cryptocurrency or other forms of digital assets. This trend has been gaining...
Philippine Blockchain Week is proud to present the honorees of the first ever Philippine Block Awards which included leaders in financial, technology, and business industries for supporting and promoting the adoption of blockchain in the country. The Philippine Block Awards was the closing...
Philippine Blockchain Week announces that Alfredo E. Pascual, Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and Ivan John Uy, Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will be speaking at the conference opening today. The inaugural event is set to...
