MANILA, Philippines -- With zero intelligence funds in its proposed 2023 budget, can the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) clamp down on rampant threats to the country's cybersecurity? Sen. Raffy Tulfo raised the concern on Wednesday during the Senate plenary session on the proposed 2023 national budget. "Many other government departments and agencies don't need intel funds and yet they are given one by the hundreds or by the millions," Tulfo said, speaking in a mix of Filipino and English. "But this one government agency that we need very much to fight cybercrime --- especially now that scammers are increasing on social media and putting our cybers...
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