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The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are.

With the AO, nearing its final draft, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said this will further support activities aimed at achieving universal healthcare in a country riddled various geographic and social challenges. The Telehealth system will address health needs of Filipinos located in far flung rural areas where it is difficult to access quality medical care. In addition, it will reduce unnecessary travels by simply connecting patients to doctors with a click of a button.

According to Jops Josef, Component Team Lead for Systems Integration of the Integrated Government Philippines project (iGovPhil), through the system, citizens availing services from a government agency may pay through payment channels which include credit cards, online banking, bank and non-bank over-the-counter payments, mobile banking, and rural banks among others. This will be possible through private payment aggregator companies that will be part of PhPay.

A roundtable of government agencies, chaired by the Chief Information Officers Foundation Inc, was held on October 26th (2010) to discuss the creation of a Shared CyberSecurity Services Portal (SOC).

The National Bureau of Investigation, National Security Council and the Philippine National Police are the agencies in contention to lead the project, which will be funded by the Philippines’ E-Government Fund.

The eTIS is one of the sub-components of the BIR’s US $54.3 million Revenue Administration Reform Project (RARP) which aims to increase tax revenues over time and address issues posed by corruption, tax administration inefficiencies and lack of transparency, by introducing state of the art technologies to enhance the country’s overall tax administration system.

The EGMP includes several recent projects, such as the Integrated Government Philippines Project (iGovPhil), which aims to link government data centres and databases to create a secure network for government information systems, and the Medium-Term Information and Communication Technology Harmonization Initiative (MITHI), which will harmonise all IT systems in the public sector.

According to Louis Casambre, Executive Director of the ICT Office, the portal aims to provide linkages with statistics-gathering agencies in the country as well as international research bodies. Apart from providing numbers, graphs and matrices, the portal will serve as a platform to publish analytical reports to describe ICT development in the country.

The EGMP 2022 aims to provide more efficient and cost-effective public services to citizens and businesses.

The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is on its third year of fulfilling its mission to establish a one digitised government.

As such, it recently launched the E-Government Masterplan (EGMP) 2022.

A lot of cities have this mistaken notion that if they automate some of their internal processes like business permits and licensing, they now join the ranks of cities considered to be smart. They may have taken the first step towards becoming one, but their journey still has a long way to go. It usually is not a smooth journey, with a lot of iterations along the way but the end goal will always have a lasting impact on the constituents if done properly. And if the city leaders think it is just about technology and should be delegated to their ICT staff, they are terribly wrong.

Digital connectivity plays a very important role in the cities’ journey. It is the platform necessary to enable their constituents to access services virtually, develop a digital culture that would allow them to take advantage of opportunities resulting from digitalization, and allow the cities to easily implement sustainability initiatives.

With urbanization here to stay, our future lies in our cities. The Philippines’ urban population is projected to double by 2050, while Southeast Asia’s urbanization rate is at an all-time high.

While cities lie at the forefront of climate change, accounting for over 70 percent of global carbon emissions, they can also catalyze change as hubs for innovation, offering solutions for a sustainable future.

“Time is running out with the current Congress coming to a close,” said Roxas-Chua. “There are only five session days left to get these bills passed and they have to compete with many other bills. It’s going to be an uphill battle. But we are not giving up yet. Unfortunately, if we’re not able get these bills passed in the current Congress, they will have to start from scratch in the next one.”

On June 18th 2024, Kaohsiung Vice Mayor Charles Lin was invited to represent the Kaohsiung City Government to attend the 2nd Quarter 2024 Regular National Executive Board Meeting of the Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines (VMLP) in Manila. He delivered a keynote speech entitled “People-Oriented Smart Cities: The Experience of Kaohsiung City,” highlighting Kaohsiung’s recent efforts and successes in developing a smart city and urban transformation. During the event, he exchanged insights on urban governance with Taguig City Vice Mayor Arvin Ian V. Alit, Malabon City Vice Mayor Ninong C. Dela Cruz, San Mariano-Isabela Vice Mayor Dean Anthony G. Domalanta, and 372 other vice mayor representatives from across the Philippines.

The card will be used for direct and real-time crediting of salaries and benefits to linked mobile cash wallets of employees, health beneficiaries, senior citizens, and students.

The city government of Makati City in Philippines (a part of Metro Manila)has launched the Makatizen Card, which will allow the city’s 500,000 residents to access city government services and transact with the city government. They can receive cash allowances, stipends, and other cash benefits using the Card. They can also use their cards to pay fees and taxes, as well as for personal remittances and other financial transactions. City government employees can use their Makatizen Card to receive salaries and allowances.

Zamora said, eUP’s goal is “an integrated, interconnected, harmonized, inter-operable ICT (Information and Communications Technology) system and infrastructure across all UP campuses to support its thrust for academic and operational excellence.”

Government departments can send messages to the cell phones of constituents through InfoBoard. The tool was deployed in collaboration with Smart Communications, a mobile and internet service provider in the Philippines. The government can send 30,000 free messages per month to Smart Communications’ subscribers. Messages sent to other service providers will cost the government 70 centavos (US$0.02).

The Philippines Department of Health, Tarlac Provincial Health Office and Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), through its Wireless Reach™ initiative, today announced the successful completion of the Wireless Access for Health project's pilot phase. The project participants leveraged their expertise and resources in public health, medical care, technology and training to create an electronic health record system that meets the needs of health care decision makers on varying levels, ranging from midwives to doctors to policy makers. Results at the conclusion of the pilot phase, which recorded over 12,000 patient consultations, indicate that such a system is not only feasible and improves patient care in rural health clinics, but also has a real impact for decision makers.