Gov’t to bridge ‘digital divide’ with more connectivity projects

THE government intends to narrow down further the so-called digital divide in the country as it focuses on implementing connectivity projects in geographically-isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs), the Department of Information Communications Technology (DICT) said on Saturday.

tivity programs ng DICT ay hindi po sa urban areas because dito po, nandito na iyong commercial players. So iyong inuuna po natin are really the GIDA areas,” the DICT official said in a news forum in Quezon City.

To further underscore the importance of the digital inclusivity push of the Marcos

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Maj. Rene Torzaar Balmaceda, chief of the Quezon City

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