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House panel mulling data cap removal on mobile data services

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 09:21 PM

MANILA — The House Committee on Information and Communications Technology is considering measures seeking to require telecommunications (telcos) companies to roll over its data services and remove data caps for the customers.  Read more »

Congress doubles proposed DICT budget to P1.9 billion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 11:17 AM

Congress allocated P1.9 billion to the Department of Information and Communications Technology in the proposed 2021 budget on top of funds for free WiFi in public areas and state schools, a senator said Sunday. Read more »

Philippines internet speed 'not yet that good,' Honasan clarifies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 12:52 PM

MANILA - Secretary Gregorio Honasan of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Tuesday the country's internet connection was "not yet that good," changing his earlier statement that drew public backlash. Read more »

DICT seeks P18B budget to help improve internet connectivity

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 10:36 PM

Department of Information and Communications Technology chief Gregorio Honasan II on Saturday said his office is proposing a budget of P18 billion for the National Broadband Program. Read more »

Bilis ng internet sa bansa bumuti na kumpara noong mga nakaraang taon: DICT

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Posted at Sep 16 08:39 PM

Paliwanag ng Department of Information and Communications Technology, malaki na ang pinagbago ng bilis ng internet sa bansa. Read more »

Ex-cop Cezar Mancao appointed to DICT

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 06:25 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former police officer Cezar Mancao II to the Department of Information and Communications Technology, Malacañang said Wednesday. Read more »

DICT urged to monitor couriers as illegal drug trade allegedly persists during pandemic

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Posted at Aug 23 03:16 PM

A lawmaker on Sunday urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology to tighten its supervision of couriers in the country following the discovery of alleged illegal drugs in one of its warehouses. Read more »

DITO Telecommunity to miss July 8 deadline to offer 27 mbps internet service: ex-DICT official

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 05:37 PM

DITO Telecommunity, the Philippines' third telco, is poised to miss its commitment to deliver 27 megabits per second (Mbps) internet speed covering 37 percent of the country by next week, a former Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) official said Wednesday. Read more »

Contact tracing done on the ground, not just thru StaySafe app, DOH clarifies

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 06:58 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday defended the use of coronavirus contact tracing app StaySafe, saying it is only an aid to on-ground tracking of persons exposed to confirmed COVID-19 cases.   Read more »

DICT in talks with DepEd, CHED for free WiFi in schools

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 02:36 PM

The Department of Information and Communications Technology is working with education agencies to provide free WiFi in schools as the country's learning system prepares to shift to a new normal due to the spread of the new coronavirus. Read more »

Now off air, ABS-CBN once lauded in PH’s digital broadcast shift plan

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 06:11 PM

The Philippine government once touted shuttered broadcast network ABS-CBN for keeping pace with “rapidly evolving technologies” in an October 2017 document that outlined the country’s shift to digital TV technology. Read more »

Musician and businessman RJ Jacinto named DICT undersecretary

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 07:00 PM

Musician and businessman Ramon 'RJ' Jacinto was named as undersecretary of the government agency in charge of the country's telecommunications and internet infrastructure, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

PH looks into Singapore-made contact-tracing app for COVID-19 response

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 11:21 AM

MANILA - The Philippines is looking into a contact-tracing application from Singapore that could help in the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said Sunday.   Read more »

Libreng tech education alok sa programa ng DICT

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 06:01 PM

Layunin ng Tech4Ed centers ng gobyerno na tugunan ang ang kakulangan sa digital access at literacy, na nakatutulong sa paghahanap ng trabaho. Read more »

PH launches one-stop shop for businesses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 11:07 PM

The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), along with other concerned agencies, launched a new program that seeks to simplify the process of starting a business in the country. Read more »

New one-stop shop for businesses seen to cut agonizing red tape

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 06:18 PM

The new facility is housed at the Securities and Exchange Commission building at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. Read more »

Duterte, handang makinig sa paliwanag ni DICT Usec. Rio hinggil sa pagbaba sa pwesto

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Updated as of Feb 08 02:29 AM

Nagpahayag si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng kahandaan para kausapin at makinig kay Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Eliseo Rio matapos nitong matanggap ang resignation letter ng opisyal. Read more »

Duterte 'open' to any complaint, Palace says on Rio exit

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 01:23 PM

Rio, who led the selection for the Philippines' third telco, can reach the President to air his concerns on the DICT, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Read more »

AFP deal with China-linked third telco won't risk national security: DICT official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 06:28 PM

The government has safeguards to ensure the Philippines' national security isn't compromised by the operations of the third major telco inside military camps, an official said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Honasan gets CA nod as DICT secretary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 06:47 PM

The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday confirmed the designation of former senator Gregorio Honasan as Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary. Read more »