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‘Countermeasures needed vs. scammers’

Senator  Grace Poe on Thursday cited the pressing need to strengthen the government’s countermeasures against scams and cyber criminals. Earlier, the Department of Information and...

DICT: ‘Text blast’ machines used in polls, scams seized

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday said it confiscated a large number of illegal China-made “text blast” machines used by...

DICT: Syndicates using pre-registered SIMs

The government has started tracing organized syndicates using pre-registered SIM cards to scam people, amid questions on how this scheme works, the Department of...

Explain persistent text scams despite SIM law, DICT told

Lawmakers have asked the Department of Information and Communications Technology to explain why text scams continue despite the registration of all SIM cards. DICT Secretary...

LandBank, Treasury, DICT developing e-government payment platform

MANILA--State-run Land Bank of the Philippines teamed up with the Bureau of the Treasury and the Department of Information and Communications Technology to develop...

DICT: All hands on gov’t digitalization efforts

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) needs all hands on deck in improving governance through digitalization. The E-Governance Act or House Bill No....

DICT: July 25 SIM listup deadline final

The subscriber identity module (SIM) card registration period, which will end on July 25, will no longer be extended, Department of Information and Communications...

DICT, telecom firms agree on connectivity rating

The Department of Information and Communications Technology signed an agreement with telecom operators to establish a standardized connectivity rating system to elevate internet quality...

PNP, DICT ink accord on seamless connectivity

The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday signed a memorandum of agreement to establish a...

Purging bureaucratic barriers

We look forward to the DICT’s fast action on the Implementing Rules and Guidelines of EO 32 and the strict compliance of all government...

Gov’t hits ‘soft target’ of 100m registered SIMs

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said 100.2 million SIM cards were registered as of June 22 or 59.67 percent of the...

DICT: Retool, reskill workers amid AI threat of disruption

With artificial intelligence tools threatening to replace Filipino workers in jobs and disrupting workplace, the Department of Information and Communication Technology said Thursday it...

‘EO must fix DICT-NSA pact for IDs’

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should issue an executive order that would transfer to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) certain functions of...

Text scammers have ‘re-programmed’ tack—DICT

Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan Uy on Tuesday warned the public that text scammers have “re-programmed” their approach to sending...
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