Editorial

“It was only two years later, on 24 May 2021, that the ICC sought authorization to open an investigation. The clear position of the Philippines not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court after it withdrew from the Rome Statute that created the international tribunal should stay. The country has …

“The premature payments effectively shortened the duration of maintenance services up to October 2024 only, instead of up to December 2025, to the disadvantage of the government. Former Land Transportation Office executives were not exaggerating when they described German firm Dermalog’s failure to fulfill its commitments under the Land Transportation …

President Marcos has expressed his support for the recommendation of the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Digital Infrastructure Group to make three pending bills in the Senate as “priority,” in order to strengthen the country’s cybersecurity programs. The three pending bills are the Cybersecurity Act (Senate Bill No. 1365), Anti-Mule …

A bill seeking to create a pension fund for farmers and fisherfolk has been filed in the House of Representatives. Under the proposed Agricultural Pension Act of 2023, contributions of farmers and fisherfolk who are identified as “extremely poor” will enjoy full subsidy from the national and local governments until …

“Even as the truce has been productive because of the continuous release of the captives that had lasted for a week, the resumption of hostilities is imminent. While the release of Noralin Babadilla presented Filipinos a reason to celebrate since she was the last of the Hamas hostages, trepidation still …

“The most serious backlash of the unreliable Dermalog system is the delayed fulfillment of the promise to make the lives of the public more comfortable through digitalization. The digital shift the government has been undertaking should provide a huge opportunity primarily for technology companies to upgrade generally backward systems. Along …

When is the best age to go into entrepreneurship? Is it after the age of 60 when one is retired and has more time? Or the age of 40 when you have more experience? Or the age of 22 right after college? Though anyone can start becoming an entrepreneur at …

A digital system will also greatly alter the LTO’s image of a corrupt agency since it will minimize human intervention. Only by the full use of the information technology system that the government bought for P3.15 billion from German firm Dermalog can Filipino motorists benefit from the digitalization of licensing …

A bill that seeks to institutionalize a legal framework for climate loss and damage accountability has been filed in the House of Representatives. The measure — the proposed Climate Accountability (CLIMA) Act — seeks to institute policies and systems to address climate change, protect communities from climate change-induced losses, damages, …

A former LTO official said Dermalog’s actions with regard to the LTO, a vital government agency, make it a ‘threat to national security.’ What is keeping the government from kicking out a foreign firm that insists on staying around a P3.4-billion digitalization project for the Land Transportation Office when it …