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If you are in greater East Africa. You are budget sensitive and are about to fall ill. Move to Tanzania! The data is speaking again. This time it talks Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |

Philippine Red Cross emergency field hospital at the Lung Center of the Philippines (PNA file photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) has observed a decline in hospital admissions that can be correlated to the decrease in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases over the past week. In a message to reporters, the DOH noted the intensive care unit (ICU) utilization rate nationwide is 30 percent as of February 22 which is lower than the 51 percent as of January 22. To date, 29...

NPC The National Privacy Commission (NPC) invites the public to a virtual symposium on online lending to let them learn about their data privacy rights as borrowers, and the scope of the Data Privacy Act (DPA) in terms of unethical and abusive online lending practices. The online event is entitled

A BCS Fellow and a computer society President have provided a great example of partnering in action. Brian Runciman MBCS spoke to Stacey Hines, President of the Jamaica Technology and Digital Alliance (JDTA) and Martin Carpenter FBCS about the IT landscape in Jamaica.

MANILA - Bank and electronic money (e-money) accounts that will have unusual transactions ahead of the May 2022 national polls will be investigated by authorities for any election-related crimes sans any violation under the Data Privacy Act. Lawyer Mel Georgie Racela, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director, said the Council, based on an opinion by the National Privacy Commission as early as 2017, can investigate financial transactions and this will not be a violation under the D...

A top official of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) said all institutions covered by the agency should report any suspicious transactions or else face the possibility of both administrative and criminal sanctions.

BANKS and electronic-wallets firms could face sanctions for not flagging suspected vote-buying or vote-selling activities in their platforms, according to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC). In a televised interview on Wednesday, AMLC Executive Director Mel Georgie Racela issued the reminder with only a few months before the May 9, 2022…

The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts. With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays. But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will institutionalize its regulatory sandbox by coming up with a “test and learn” framework for startups and innovators to experiment with new financial products and services in a controlled environment. A draft circular that sets the guidelines and parameters

Efforts by the Department of Information and Communications Technology to look into the possibility of a faulty One Time Password system that could have made Land Bank of the Philippines vulnerable to a phishing attack have been brushed off by the government bank.