The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has installed and activated additional free Wi-Fi sites in Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (Talavera Campus). Free Wi-Fi Access Points (Photo courtesy of DICT) The initiative was made possible through DICT’s Free...
The government is expected to roll out Republic Act 11934, or the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act, by December 27. Senator Grace Poe said. Poe made the disclosure in sponsoring the P11.32-billion proposed 2023 budget of the Department of Information and Communications Technology...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Several weeks ago, top officials of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) visited the Capitol of Rizal Province. The occasion was a momentous one: DICT and the Rizal provincial government inaugurated a free Wi-Fi service for the...
Former Build, Build, Build committee chairperson Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo has been promoted to undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). DICT Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (Photo courtesy of DICT) She rose a rank higher from being an Assistant...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Finance (DOF) are signing an agreement that had been pending for two years already to finally fully implement TradeNet, an online one-stop shop that streamlines export and import procedures. Anti Red Tape...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo A government that is accessible to the public any time of the day, any day of the week. This is the vision of Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John E. Uy. A passionate advocate of e-governance, Secretary Uy said that...
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,...
