Senate concurs on ratification of international cybercrime treaty

The Senate has adopted a resolution expressing its concurrence to the ratification of an international agreement that facilitates multilateral cooperation and enhanced collective capability to suppress cybercrime.

According to Senate Resolution Number 616 sponsored by Sen. Loren Legarda, the Convention on Cybercrime, signed in Budapest, Hungary on November 23, 2001 and signed by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte on December 9, 2016, “remains the sole binding international legal mechanism adopted by countries to address the threats posed by cybercrime”.

Senate Concurs in Ratification of Cybercrime Convention, Agreement Establishing AMRO, and Double Taxation Avoidance Treaties

Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today said that the Senate has unanimously concurred in the ratification of five (5) treaties covering the Philippines’ Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA) with Mexico, Thailand and Sri Lanka, the Cybercrime Convention, and the Agreement on the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

Senate ratifies cybercrime, tax treaties

Sen. Loren Legarda, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime aims to address the threats posed by cybercrime and facilitates multilateral cooperation and enhanced collective capability to suppress cybercrime.

“Since cybercrime is borderless, simultaneous and persistent, cooperation, coordination, and collaboration with other countries is therefore vital,” Legarda said.

Buhay na Buhay Premieres with ‘Kultura ng Pagdidiwata’

Senator Loren Legarda invites everyone to watch the premiere episode of Buhay na Buhay, which will feature “Kultura ng Pagdidiwata” (Harmony with the Deities, Creative Forces of Nature and Ancestral Spirits) on Saturday, February 17, 5:45pm, on GMA News TV.