Tag: communications and technology

Acting secretaries in DSWD, DICT named

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named acting secretaries in two departments. Based on documents released by Malacanang on Thursday, May 10, Eliseo Rio Jr. is now the acting secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. Rio was the officer-in-charge of the DICT after DICT Secretary Rodolfo Salalima resigned last year. Social Welfare Undersecretary for Special Concerns Virginia Orogo was also named acting secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. […]

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Supreme Court BAC chair denies awarding contract to ICT consultant who received P250,000 monthly salary

(Eagle News) — The chair of the Supreme Court’s bids and awards committee on Tuesday denied awarding the contract to an information and communications technology consultant who received a whopping monthly salary of P250,000. “Yes, your Honor,” Raul Villanueva, who is also the SC deputy chief administrator, said when asked if the participation of the BAC in the engagement of the services of Helen Perez-Macasaet was merely a “formality.” Villanueva was a resource person  during the […]

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