PH to employ ICT service provider for Covid-19 vaccine info system

Jan 28, 2021 | Nation

The government will bring in a third-party service provider for the Philippines’ Covid-19 vaccine information management system, Malacañang said on Wednesday.In a statement, Palace spokesman Harry Roque saod the country’s pandemic task force has authorized...

Ex-cop Cezar Mancao named DICT cybercrime chief

Sep 9, 2020 | Top Stories

Former police officer Cezar Mancao II has been appointed head of the cybercrime investigation center of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT). Mancao was among those charged in the double-murder case of Salvador “Bubby” Dacer...

Businessman Ramon Jacinto named DICT undersecretary

May 26, 2020 | Nation

Businessman Ramon “RJ” Jacinto has been named undersecretary of information and communications technology, Malacañang announced on Tuesday. Palace spokesman Harry Roque said Jacinto’s term would be until May 22, 2022. Jacinto’s appointment came...

Duterte accepts DICT official’s resignation, fires civil defense exec

May 22, 2020 | Nation

President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Malacañang announced Friday. Rio resigned in February, saying younger employees in the DICT should be given...

3rd telco, now known as ‘Dito Telecommunity,’ finally gets license to operate

Jul 9, 2019 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte awards the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to the Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company Inc. (Mislatel), represented by its chairman, Dennis Uy, at Malacañan Palace on Monday, July 8. National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)...