On 09 June 2020, the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) will celebrate the World Accreditation Day 2020 (#WAD2020) by holding a series of free online seminars. PAB’s “Online Briefing on Improving Food Safety and Security in a Pandemic” will feature three topics by experts in their field. The webinar will...

Amidst the gloom brought by a raging COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) got reason to rejoice. On May 05, 2020, DTI-PAB received a reaffirmation of its signatory status to the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). DTI-PAB...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world, businesses and government institutions realize that the use of paper and manual signature for transactions is no longer practical. It is common nowadays to use different digital platforms that allow users to upload document and sign it anytime and...

Anyone can claim that they are certified to an ISO Management System Certification standard. It is crucial for end users and the community to verify these claims to ensure that the certification is valid and acceptable. In the past, the only way to tell if an ISO certification is...

The analogy cannot be missed in today’s current events. With the advent of social media platforms, most have switched to consuming news from online sites. Their accessibility comes with a price — the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation, termed by many as “fake news”. Misinformation are false information that...