To help ease the deficiency in devices for education, a group on Sunday, Aug. 14, urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to distribute to teachers and learners the “unutilized laptops and tablets” discovered by the Commission on Audit (COA). (Photo from...
MIESCOR Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC), a joint venture between Manila Electric Company (Meralco) subsidiary MIESCOR and New York-headquartered Stonepeak, indicated that the former will acquire 2,180 towers and related passive telecom infrastructure from Ayala-led Globe under a sale...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), in partnership with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) launched a digital literacy training for the Aeta community in Porac, Pampanga. (Photo courtesy of DICT) The five-day community-based training benefitted a...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) intends to deploy digital connectivity faster under the Marcos' administration's Build, Better More Program, DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said. Uy made this commitment during a press briefing Wednesday, July 27 at the Manila Hotel...
A total of 35 Indegenous Peoples (IP) youth from an Aeta community in Porac, Pampanga finished a digital literacy program spearheaded by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) - Pampanga. DICT Pampanga (FACEBOOK) The project was in partnership with the National...
Local telcos committed to heed the new administration's call to improve connectivity and hasten digitalization. "We support the government's thrust to connect our countrymen and make sure that no Filipino is left behind as the world becomes more digital," stated PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. has proposed to interconnect the closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) in various cities and towns to further strengthen the government’s fight against all forms of criminal activities. Department of...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)'s "Co-opbiz", an online global marketplace for its cooperative members, was formally launched on June 28 at Novotel Manila Araneta City in Quezon City. (COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) It can be accessed at coopbiz.ph. The "Co-opbiz" is an e-commerce...
Members of the 19th Congress are out to make a serious push toward the shift to digital or Internet platforms as far as government agencies' processes are concerned. (Glenn Carstens Peters/ Unsplash) This, after Reps. Martin Romualdez of Leyte; Ferdinand Alexander Marcos of Ilocos Norte; and Yedda...
The Quezon City Police Distict received Friday, July 1, 15 new laptops from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT). The QCPD Directorial Staff and key officers and Engineer Ariel Macario M. Gaan Jr., Center for Global ICT Training Recognition and Certification assistant...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recently approved the grant of honoraria to 20 personnel of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) who served in the May 2022 polls. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) Poll...
OFFICIALS unveil the Digital Transformation Center (DTC) marker in Passi City, Iloilo Wednesday, June 22. (PIA-6) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) opened Wednesday, June 22, the first Digital Transformation Center (DTC) in Western Visayas (Region 6)...
