After a lengthy process, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has finally signed the SIM Card Registration Act into law. To summarize, the goal of this act is to crack down and possibly eliminate dubious activities being conducted by text scammers and phishing specialists as of late. These have caused massive losses and private telcos have been doing […]
Many eyes have been watching the progress of the SIM Card Registration Act, which finally made it to the Senate last month after some lengthy processes. Now, it appears ever closer to its implementation as President Bongbong Marcos is set to sign the SIM Card Registration Act tomorrow, October 10. To summarize, the goal of […]
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has clarified that it has no plans of abolishing its online portal known as the the Land Transportation Management System (LTMS). However, LTO said it is looking to remove the online exam required for driver’s license renewal. According to LTO chief Teofilo Guadiz, “fixers” are using the online Comprehensive Driver’s […]
Have you received a lot of scammy texts recently? We have too, and it seems to be a problem everyone in the country is experiencing. The public and private sectors are both doing their best to find the source of these messages, but measures to prevent them have been difficult to implement. Today, the largest […]
The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Bill is one step away from becoming a law. This is after the conflicting provisions have been ironed out. The conflicting provisions between House Bill (HB) 14 and Senate Bill (SB) 1310 were harmonized by House and Senate members during a bicameral meeting. HB 14 was approved on […]
The MTRCB has been appealing to have the authority to regulate online streaming since 2017, and it has renewed its cause during the budget hearing for the agency’s proposed 2023 budget. Back in 2020, MTRCB legal affairs chief Jonathan Presquito explained in a Senate hearing on the proposed Internet Transactions Act that their office should […]
The issue about 40,000 “outdated” and “expensive” laptops purchased by the Department of Education (DepEd) isn’t over yet. The latest hearing shows that there is a discrepancy in the procurement process, making the whole process probably illegal. Former procurement director Marcelo Bragado Jr. said during the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the laptop issue last September 15 […]
The Commission on Audit (COA) has recently flagged the Department of Education (DepEd) for purchasing “overpriced yet outdated” laptops for teachers. In their defense, DepEd said that if the P2.4-billion worth of laptops in question is proven to have not been of quality, they will either seek a “quick fix” or invoke the warranty provision […]
According to news and local reports, the House of Representatives has finally passed the proposed SIM Card Registration Law on its second reading. This is meant to protect the privacy of consumers and citizens all over the country. Under this provision, every public telecommunications entity (PTE) or authorized seller has to require the end-user to […]
UPDATE: Move It has reached out to us, and gave this statement in response to the presscon held by the four “cause-oriented” civic groups: Move It remains one of the three motorcycle operators, and its accreditation remains it’s own and does not transfer to Grab. This is the same situation in Angkas, one of the […]
Twitter has been involved in quite a lot of drama and controversy within the past months, especially with the whole Elon Musk situation. Apparently, this debacle has also caused internal struggle for the company. It has finally reached a critical point where beloved Twitter VP of Engineering Sandeep Pandey has bid his farewell to the […]
Just like other LTO offices, the Cebu City Licensing Office has reported a massive drop in their daily transactions, blaming the new IT system. According to Joel Maloloy-on, head of the Land Transportation (LTO)-Cebu City District Office, the number of transactions is down from 1,200 to 400. He attributed the problem to their new IT system, […]