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Gov't websites at risk

THE RECENT hacking of government websites is said to be an indication of what could happen during the country’s first automated national elections on May 10.

At this point, only one national government website remains “hack-free,” according to an official.

The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) attributed the problem to low maintenance of government websites brought about by lack of knowledge and investment on information and communications technology (ICT) in the country.

“The government should invest more in cyber security,” said Malou Santelices, project manager of the Cyber Security Office under CICT.

CICT is under the Office of the President, and only had a P113.4-million budget last year. read more »

No HIV epidemic, UST doctor says

A UST Hospital official has debunked reports that the number of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has reached “epidemic” level.

Dr. Antonia Raymundo, chairman of the hospital’s department of clinical pathology, said an increase in the number of HIV cases in the country was not enough to say there is an epidemic.

“Even if there has been an increase, [it] is not high enough to consider HIV infection as an epidemic,” Raymundo said. “A disease should have affected many people and be widespread in order to be considered an epidemic.”  read more »

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