A Quezon City lawmaker on Tuesday, July 13 called on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to ensure that the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination certificates will be given away free to the public. Vaccine image 2 Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Tuesday, (July 13) welcomed the country's continued internet speed upturn for both fixed broadband and mobile Internet last month. Latest figures (June 2021) from global speed monitoring firm Speedtest by Ookla showed the...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said that it may start issuing coronavirus vaccine certificates to vaccinated individuals by next month. DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey Caintic (Photo from PTV) DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey Caintic said the agency is now only...
Digital cities outside Metro Manila aim to create over a hundred thousand local jobs by 2025. So far, of the 31 cities launched under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)'s Digital Cities Program, nine have completed their five-year roadmaps. 18062 These include...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is calling for entries to this year’s Digital Governance Awards (DGA). Photo from DICT's Facebook page The DGA is an annual search for best practices in local government units in utilizing information and communications technology...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) deployed free Internet access, through its Free Wi-Fi for All program, to evacuees in Nasugbu, Batangas affected by the Taal Volcano unrest. Photo from Department of Information and Communications Technology - Luzon Cluster 2...
The rollout of additional open access fiber optic cables in the Philippines will lower internet rates and improve access by yearend. Already, Philippines Fiber Optic Cable Network (PFOCN), the local subsidiary of Singapore-based HyalRoute Group, invested US$3 billion for a 60,000-kilometer fiber...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the University of the Philippines (UP) entered into an agreement for the implementation of the Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) Development Program. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) The...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have joined forces to strengthen vessel monitoring capability in Sipaca Point, Misamis Oriental. In a statement on Tuesday, June 29, the DICT Region 10 has offered its facility tower and...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has warned anew against persons representing themselves as DICT officials and personnel to ask for donations from private companies. “We have received several reports that certain individuals representing themselves as officials...
Internet connectivity in the country may soon improve as internet service providers (ISPs) are expected to ramp up their services, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Monday, June 21. Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has expressed confidence that Internet speeds in the country will further improve. Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey Caintic said Monday, June 21, that Filipinos will have much...
