#BI Philippines

International travelers may soon face an additional fee when entering or leaving the Philippines as the Bureau of Immigration (BI) plans to implement a new border security system under a public-private partnership project. It tracks how people in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam use the app for work, study, and everyday tasks. The Philippines is the only country in the region where more prompts come from women than men. Around 24% of prompts from the Philippines happen during creative tasks, the most common type. The Philippines logs three times more customer support prompts than the regional average. In the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, you can go from brainstorming to browsing inside the chat, complete with product listings and price comparisons. Are you part of that female-led wave in the Philippines, or still sizing up Gemini against ChatGPT? The Pura 90s Series is expected to launch in the Philippines this August, while the MatePad Air will also arrive locally soon. Read more in our articles including "Bureau of Immigration may add P480 fee for international travelers" and "Google Gemini users double in SEA, PH leads female use".