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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Information and Communications Undersecretary Eliseo Rio. In a statement on Friday, May 22, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque thanked Rio for his ” invaluable services to the nation..” “..We wish him well in all his future endeavors,” Roque said. In February, Rio filed his resignation but he said President Rodrigo Duterte did not accept this. Rio filed his resignation after he was allegedly not informed about how […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Department of Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio to hear what he has to say about the department’s use of confidential funds. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said there was, however, no schedule of the meeting yet. Panelo said the President would also observe the Senate inquiry on the funds disbursement, which took place in three tranches, on November 8, December 3 and December 17 in 2019. He said […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is now looking for options for automated elections technology providers that could be presented to the Commission on Elections as an alternative to the controversial Smartmatic technology. Information and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., said that his department is now complying with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to look for an alternative to Smartmatic which the President wants to be replaced for the […]
(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 […]
