Catanduanes State University (CatSU) will soon transition to digital payments for all financial transactions following the recent approval of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Land Bank of the Philippines by the CatSU Board of Regents (BOR).The Board approved the proposal from Finance and Administrative Team on November 6 for adoption, which aims to modernize CatSU’s financial processes, enhance operational efficiency, expand financial inclusivity, and provide a secure and convenient experience for students, faculty, and service providers. Specifically, the agreement involves the digitalization of CatSU’s collection, disbursement, and payment systems, aligning with Executive Order No. 170, s. 2022, which mandates the adoption of digital payments for government transactions.
The Catanduanes State University (CatSU) Board of Regents (BOR) approved a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Environmental Management Bureau Regional Office V (EMB-V) on November 6, 2024, to set up an Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station at the CatSU Main Campus.This partnership aims to support national environmental standards, research, community engagement, and the adoption of sustainable practices among students, staff, and stakeholders.CatSU will allocate a 16-square-meter space on campus for the equipment, which will provide data on current air pollution levels by measuring meteorological parameters such as wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, solar radiation, temperature, barometric pressure, and other ambient indicators. EMB-V will finance all supply and installation costs and train CatSU personnel, with university students also given opportunities to observe monitoring processes under the supervision of certified technical staff from both CatSU and EMB-V.
To empower them to participate in the government’s digitization initiatives, the Catanduanes State University (CatSU) employees participated in the Philippine National Public Key Infrastructure (PNPKI) orientation conducted by the Department of Information and Communications Technology - Catanduanes (DICT) personnel on December 17, 2024. According to DICT-Catanduanes, the University was selected as one of the institutions to be introduced to the PNPKI as it has been conducting both online and in-person transactions. The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) helps create, manage, distribute, use, store, verify, and revoke digital certificates, ensuring the security of electronic information transfer for various network activities. DICT resource speaker Mark Andrew Erisare discussed the basics of PKI, and provided scenarios of its implementation, such as preventing long lines, fraud, and facilitating easy access for work-from-home setups.He also discussed the use of PKI in electronic signatures within digital certificates and transactions. Erisare assured that tampering with electronic signatures is not possible when using PKI, as it is designed to provide authentication, confidentiality, integrity, and non-repudiation. PKI also reduces the costs associated with delays in signing, transmitting, approving, and processing. A demonstration of digital signatures using PKI was conducted during the seminar which was held at the Quality Assurance room. Meanwhile, Kerbie Villanueva who was also from DICT, discussed the features and functions of the eGovPH application.
