The government, thru ASTI-DOST, has been operating a local internet exchange called the "Philippine Open Internet Exchange", or PhOpenIX. Its goal, as in any other internet exchange in the world, is to make sure that "ISPs be able to deliver and receive traffic between domestic endpoints without passing the traffic across the national border." The government has been operating this routing infrastructure since 2007, so it has been in existence for almost seven (7) years. It is trying to foster a local environment where big networks are talking to small networks as equals in a peering environment. We would like to present updates about our activities, as well as our future goals that are beneficial to this community.