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27/11/2022

By seeing differently, we can end up seeing what no one else has yet seen. This is how the future is built.

Part of thinking differently is learning to see differently. We can learn to do that from various sources -- people like Robert Taylor, who invented Softsoap after he saw how goopy bar soap became after a few uses; film directors like Jean-Luc Godard, w...

16/07/2022

Join CISA's workshop to provide feedback for our effort to develop cross-sector cybersecurity performance goals

11/01/2021

We never imagined that economic and societal survival during a crisis would depend so dearly on our digital backbone.

15/12/2020

Budget for proposed National Broadband Program increases to ₱1.9B December 15, 2020 17 Facebook Twitter Google+ File Photo Senate Finance Committee Chairman Senator Sonny Angara disclosed that the budget for the National Broadband Program under the proposed national budget has been increased. Acco...

01/12/2020

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump fired Chris Krebs, who was one of the government’s most senior cybersecurity officials. Trump fired him—by tweet—because Krebs...

27/11/2020

: The Monetary Board approved the recognition of digital bank as a new bank category that is separate and distinct from the existing bank classifications. Digital bank is defined as a bank that offers financial products and services that are processed end-to-end through a digital platform and/or electronic channels with no physical branches.

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26/11/2020

02/10/2020

Digital dominance

30/09/2020

Cybersecurity is the top priority for planned digital transformation projects as businesses adapt to a surge in remote working.

15/09/2020

Join our six week boot camp on digital transformation to radically rethink the way the public sector operates and improve your skills along the way.

03/09/2020

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is aggressively promoting digital transactions via the national QR Code and government online payment facility as part of “New Economy” arrangements. BSP Assistant Governor Illuminada T. Sicat said by the end of 2020, financial institutions that use QRPh wil...

22/07/2020

READ: Php 13.4 B apportioned to NBP under DICT’s 2021 proposed budget

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is poised to prioritize improvements in digital connectivity and access in the country as Php 13,491,357,000.00 was proposed to be allotted to the National Broadband Program (NBP) implementation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. In comparison, the budget allocation of NBP for the current year 2020 is Php 296,461,000.

“The call for faster and more accessible Internet connectivity has never been more immediate as we aim to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis while preparing for the demands of the new normal under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte,” DICT Secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II said.

Full story here: https://dict.gov.ph/php-13-4-b-apportioned-to-nbp-under-dicts-2021-proposed-budget/
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