Tag: Department of Information and Communications Technology

ICT department eyes reduced permits for common towers

(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology has said it was eyeing reducing Common Tower Permitting requirements by 2020. The ICT department’s Assistant Secretary  for Digital Philippines Emmanuel Rey Caintic said in particular, the government was  looking into cutting down “redundant or duplicitous permitting requirements for (independent tower companies) to reduce the number by more than 50 percent, and at the same time, reduce the average processing days.” The department said it started streamlining […]

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Gov’t to conduct ICT trainings for teachers

(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology is set to conduct online seminars or ‘webinars’ aimed at preparing teachers to adapt to alternative learning systems under the “new normal.” In a statement, the agency said it has directed  its ICT Literacy and Competency Development Bureau, Cybersecurity Bureau, and Regional Offices to “formulate and facilitate the conduct of webinars aimed at capacitating and upskilling the ICT competencies of teachers, administrators, educators, and students in different […]

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ICT department orders management information systems to upgrade protocols for gov’t sites

(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology has directed all management information systems to update the cryptographic protocols for all government websites. The DICT made the directive in  Department Circular 007 issued on April 16, amid reports of cyber threats during the enhanced community quarantine. Under the circular,  designated MIS administrators should “migrate and configure all their existing web servers to the updated version of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to ensure enhanced […]

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ICT department to hospitals: Employ emergency backup systems

(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology on Tuesday, March 24, called on hospitals to employ emergency backup systems amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. “(T)he Cybersecurity Bureau of the DICT urges hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide to employ emergency backup systems to ensure operational continuity for both databases and infrastructure in case of outages caused by malware or cyber attacks,” the DICT said in a statement. According to the DICT, “cyber-attacks  are happening […]

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De Lima to Senate: Probe information and communications technology department’s P300-million intel fund

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima is calling for a Senate inquiry into the alleged irregular use of P300 million in confidential and intelligence funds by the Department of Information and Communications Technology. In filing Senate Resolution 321, De Lima said the Senate, “in the exercise of its oversight function, is now duty-bound to scrutinize how DICT made use of its confidential and intelligence funds, especially since such function is clearly absent in its […]

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Rio says he offered to resign from DICT because he was being “sidelined”

(Eagle News)–Information and Communications Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said the principal reason he offered to resign was because he felt he was no longer needed in the department. He said his resignation had nothing to do with supposed anomalies in the disbursement of confidential funds of the department. In the first place, he said in a Facebook post he “never said  there is an anomaly involving said confidential funds as in fact, I have no […]

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DICT’s cybersecurity unit to probe passport data mess at DFA

(Eagle News)—–The cybersecurity unit of the Department of Information and Communications Technology is conducting a probe into the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The DICT said the probe was “to ensure that the welfare of consumers, as well as the privacy and security of the data collected and used for their specific purpose adheres to the policies and practices of DICT.” According to the DICT, the DFA, as “one of the country’s […]

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Recto to newly appointed DICT chief Honasan: Keep Eliseo Rio as your senior undersecretary

(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto urged newly appointed Information and Communications Secretary Gregorio Honasan to retain his predecessor as his senior undersecretary. In a statement, Recto said the “nation will benefit from the combined skills” of Honasan and Eliseo Rio, who he said has “good credentials.” “It will be a waste of talent if Rio, with his good credentials – double engineering degree holder, ECE board topnotcher, academic, and ex-general who has had 50 […]

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Palace: It’s up to Commission on Appointments to vet Honasan for DICT chief post

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Nov. 22, said it was up to the Commission on Appointments to determine the fate of Senator Gregorio Honasan, who has been nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. “There will be vetting there. There will be hearing and he will have to respond to questions on his competence,” Panelo said. Panelo made the comment when asked if Honasan had the qualifications […]

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Honasan accepts offer to be DICT secretary

(Eagle News)–Senator Gregorio Honasan has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to be the next secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. “For a better Philippines, a better government, for the Filipino People, and for a better future for our most precious Children; I have decided to accept the offer of the President to help lead the DICT,” he said in a text message. According to Honasan, he would be deemed resigned from the […]

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BIR to DICT: Why does the bureau still experience “erratic” network connections?

(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Internal Revenue has asked the Department of Information and Communications Technology to explain why the BIR continues to experience “erratic network connections in all its systems and electronic services in August this year” despite the supposed interventions made by the DICT. In a letter to DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., BIR Deputy Commissioner Lanee Cui-David asked the agency to provide an update on the measures it has taken so far to resolve the “bureau’s […]

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DICT: Firms vying to be the 3rd telco player in PHL should post P700-million participation security

(Eagle News) — Firms vying to be the third telecommunications company in the country should post a participation security of P700 million, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Friday, Sept. 21. Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 09-09-2018 said the participation security must be either in cash, a manager’s check, draft, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a universal or commercial bank in the country. Earlier, authorities said firms with outstanding liabilities to the government […]

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