#Senate Approval

The Senate finally approved their own version of the Anti-Cybercrime Bill (Senate Bill 2796) earlier today. Here are the offenses covered in the Senate Bill 2796. The website of the Senate of the Philippines was reportedly targeted by a cyberattack on June 10, with local hacktivist group Nullsec Philippines claiming responsibility for the incident. In a statement, the Senate said that initial assessments found no sign that any confidential or sensitive information had been breached. The Senate has approved the People’s Freedom of Information Act, a bill that expands public access to government records beyond the Executive branch to include Congress, the Judiciary, constitutional bodies, LGUs, GOCCs, and SUCs. 1432, the bill was passed in the Senate plenary yesterday, May 4, 2026. The Senate of the Philippines has questioned the Department of Information and Communications Technology over the recent outage of the eGovPH Super App, citing funding and infrastructure limitations behind the disruption. During a hearing of the Senate PROTECT Committee on April 29, lawmakers reviewed the integration of the National ID system for beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Read more in our articles including "Anti-Cybercrime Bill gets Senate approval" and "Senate Website targeted by Hackers".