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DOTr ceding upcoming rail line O&M contracts to private sector

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) targets to roll out the bidding of the operations and maintenance (O&M) of two big-ticket railway projects in the...

Globe shuts down more child pornography sites; notes 22% rise in lewd content

Globe Telecom Inc. said it blocked a total 489,849 child pornography sites last year, a 22 percent jump from the 401,487 sites blocked in...

Philippines December balance of payments at USD642 million surplus

The Philippines’ overall balance of payments showed a surplus of USD642 million in December, up from USD612 in the same period in 2022, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.

BOC outlines exporter registration to e-CO portal 

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has laid down the steps for the registration of exporters who have not yet enrolled in the bureau’s electronic certificate of origin (e-CO) processing platform. 

Globe call card airtime top ups good only as supply lasts as telco goes full digital

Globe Telecom Inc. on Friday bared shifting its prepaid load top-ups and load selling via digital channels in lieu of the popular call cards. 

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Philip Morris seeks clearer rules to expand Philippine exports 

Philip Morris International (PMI) is eyeing further investments in the Philippines, but says regulatory uncertainty, cumbersome paperwork and infrastructure gaps threaten the country’s ability to compete with regional manufacturing hubs.

Special bus service to fill LRT-2 service gap

Transport authorities are rolling out a plan to ease the squeeze from limited LRT-2 operations. Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez has ordered the LTFRB and LRTA to study issuing special permits for buses to run the full LRT-2 route—Antipolo to Recto and back—stopping at all stations.

A simple formula may predict when AI chatbots go rogue

Artificial intelligence can sound like the smartest person in the room, until it starts giving advice that could do real harm. Now, two physicists at The George Washington University say they may have found a way to predict when that happens, using a surprisingly simple mathematical formula.

OceanaGold boosts Didipio mine safety monitoring

OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc. has improved how it monitors the tailings storage facility at its Didipio Mine, using new technology to track changes in the structure, especially during the rainy season when heavy rainfall can increase risks.
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