Melissa V. Patricio

The science and technology committee of the House of Representatives has approved the fifth draft of the Cybercrime Prevention Act 2003, but with the qualification that this consolidated version of the bill should undergo revisions based on the inputs gathered by the committee.

The science and technology committee of the House of Representatives has approved the fifth draft of the Cybercrime Prevention Act 2003, but with the qualification that this consolidated version of the bill should undergo revisions based on the inputs gathered by the committee.

Tapping the technology services of AyalaPort Makati Inc. (APMI), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is preparing the implementation of the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS) that will allow the country's taxpayers to file and pay their taxes through electronic means such as the Internet.

Tapping the technology services of AyalaPort Makati Inc. (APMI), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is preparing the implementation of the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS) that will allow the country's taxpayers to file and pay their taxes through electronic means such as the Internet. The eFPS is intended to make paying taxes more convenient for taxpayers and, at the same time, help the BIR develop a more organized and systematic process of storing and retrieving information.