Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma ordered government agencies to further safeguard the security of all official websites in view of the hacking of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) website yesterday. "We are alerting all government...

Communication technology seems to really interest Filipinos. From being a “text capital” of the world, the country now has a new title for having the highest percentage of online video (including those from the famous website Youtube ) viewers.

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Commissioner Coco Quisumbing and the National Police Commission ( NAPOLCOM ) tried to re-enact a torture video recently leaked to the media using a camera phone, said ABS-CBN.

Another suspect for the assassination of a media practitioner might again be freed because of a legal technicality and government laxity, according to media guild and watchdog The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines ( NUJP ).

Social networking giant Facebook has recently launched a new feature called Places , a location based service that allow users to update their location in real time and share their social activities online.

ANC has reported over its Facebook page that the wire-tapping case by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) against broadcast journalist Cheche Lazaro has been dismissed.

The administration of President Benigno Aquino III is considering selling government-owned TV stations Radio Philippines Network ( RPN-9 ) and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation ( IBC-13 ).