Duterte: DepEd allocating P700M for internet connections of 7,000 public schools

Christia Marie Ramos 06/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) is allocating P700 million to provide internet service to 7,000 schools nationwide, in preparation for the country’s shift from basic education system to online learning in view of the…

Councilor to Cebu City gov’t: Study how to help schools gain faster net

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The schools in Cebu City must be equipped with faster internet if it should implement alternative modes of teaching through online classes. This was the concern of Councilor Alvin Dizon as the Department…

PH internet deal with Facebook a go by September 2020 — DICT

Miguel R. Camus 05/18/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government’s massive internet deal with social media giant Facebook is pushing through after being entangled in geopolitical tensions between the United States and China. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary Eliseo…

Minglanilla quarantine control points get WiFi routers

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Personnel manning quarantine control points (QCP) in three barangays in Minglanilla town southern Cebu will now have access to unlimited high-speed internet connection. This after a private telecommunication company donated WiFi routers to…

Filipino engineer who connected PH to Internet passes away

Ryan Arcadio - Inquirer.net 12/28/2019

  Filipino engineer Benjamin “Benjie” Tan, who linked the Philippines to the internet, died last Thursday, Dec. 26. The internet pioneer died due to cancer in a lymph node, as per technology news website Newsbytes.ph on the same…

Buhisan tricycle drivers group set up internet, motorcycle parts business

Irene Sino-Cruz 09/11/2019

CEBU CITY—Providing transport to commuters may have been the sole source of livelihood for a group of tricycle drivers in Buhisan in the past.  But they now have put up their own business. The Barangay Buhisan United…

CSBT management promises faster Internet connection for Holy Week travellers

Gerard Vincent Francisco 04/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Travellers will never get bored when at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT). Jonathan Tumulak, CSBT manager, said they added two additional wifi routers to give commuters free Internet access while they wait…

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET Boring “milk money” chase

Jeff Ruffolo 11/22/2018

SIX years is a long time between movie sequels. It was a seven-year gap between “Alien” (1979) and “Aliens” (1986) so six years between “Wreck It Ralph” (nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature) and…

Mental hospital probed for using shock treatment on patients with internet addiction

Inquirer.net 10/29/2018

A MENTAL hospital in Shandong province, China, previously accused of using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or shock treatment on its patients, is being investigated for allegedly re-starting said controversial internet addiction treatment. The Health and Family Planning Commission…

New telco can hasten OK of Work-from-Home bill

Inquirer 10/24/2018

Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday said the entry of a third telecommunications service provider could aide in the implementation of the proposed Telecommuting or Work-From-Home Act. “The entry of a third telco player will create competition and…

Neda: PH to allow up to 100% foreign ownership in internet businesses

Inquirer.net 10/02/2018

THE Philippines will allow up to 100 percent foreign ownership in internet businesses as soon as President Rodrigo Duterte signs the proposed 11th Foreign Investment Negative List, the country’s chief economist said Tuesday. During the Senate finance…

Internet absence slows down transmittal of reports

Benjie B. Talisic 09/30/2018

THE Tactical Operations Center (PTOC) of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has apparently lost their internet connection since Saturday and are now having problems receiving reports from the different police stations. There are no new incident…

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