The Philippines' digital transformation must go side-by-side with its continued infrastructure development. (Sam Albury/ Unsplash) Thus, reckoned Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, who learned from Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy...
A total of 53 teaching and non-teaching staff from Surigao City and Butuan City have benefitted from the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) free 36-hour digital technical training. TRAINING COMPLETE. Over 50 teaching and non-teaching personnel in Caraga have...
FROM THE MARGINS Some good news! Our employment and unemployment rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels based on recent PSA data. The country’s employment rate reached 95.5 percent in October with 47.11 million employed Filipinos, a significant jump from the 43.82 million employed in October...
Through its “Sasakyan ng Karunungan” initiative, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Caraga conducted a digital literacy training for the Higaonon tribe in Las Nieves, Agusan Del Norte. The act, according to the department, was launched through the joint...
PLDT Inc. announced Friday, Dec. 16, that subsidiaries, Smart Communications, Inc. and Digitel Mobile Phils., Inc., have signed the P9.2 billion sale of 650 telecommunications towers to Unity Digital Infrastructure Inc. The price reflects the value of the towers located in the Visayas and Mindanao,...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo paid a courtesy visit to Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Miguel Delgado to tackle digital cooperation initiatives between the Philippines and Spain. Among the initiatives particularly discussed...
TELUS International Digital Solutions Philippines—the technology division of TELUS International Philippines—announced ramped-up hiring of qualified local talents from experienced tech professionals to Information Tech graduates. “TELUS International Digital Solutions is a global, diverse,...
With the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) amid a post-pandemic economic recovery and growing digital economy, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, highlighted the importance of inter-regional cooperation with the European Union (EU). President Ferdinand...
Citizen Watch, an independent network of advocates seeking to raise the interests of the public, said in order to “embrace digitalization,” the country needs to boost its digital infrastructure and at the same time upgrade the digital skills of Filipinos. (Unsplash) For Citizen Watch...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo A truly Digital Philippines is the vision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Digitalization is no longer an option, but a necessity in order to achieve our development goals. From the onset, the President’s directive is to ensure universal connectivity as this will...
EDITORS DESK Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat Even before the pandemic, the term digitalization was already floating out there. But when the pandemic broke out, the term became a household name. The exigency of the times has forced the government and the private sector to run to technology for comfort....
Digital Edge (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Digital Edge”), one of the fastest growing data center platforms in Asia, has announced its new 10MW data center in Manila will be ready-for-service (“RFS”) on 1 st of March 2023. The expected completion of this data center marks the debut...
