Denis F. Villorente
Officer-in-Charge

From January 17 -20th, NIA staff were part of a Korean delegation that went to the Philippines and attended the e-Smart World Asia 2012 that was held in Manila, the .....

In connection with the celebration of the Women’s Month, representatives from the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO), National Computer Center (NCC) and Telecommunications Office (TelOf) took part in .....

The Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) joined in this year’s Quezon City’s Women’s Month Celebration kick-off event during the flag raising ceremonies held on March 5 at the Quezon .....

A former beneficiary of the Balik Scientist Program, Raul Manongdo, returned to the Philippines and shared his expertise in information and communications technology (ICT) at the National .....

The Molave Community eCenter in Zamboanga del Sur hosted two back-to-back Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) training using the Intel @Easy Steps modules, from January 10-19 and from .....

Good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over. In terms of learning, laughter, accommodation and food, this was how most of the 23 participants of the Visayas Local Staff .....

The National Computer Center, Field Operations Office Visayas, conducted the Study Exchange Program on January 23 – 26. A total of 23 participants from different LGUs all over Visayas attended .....

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The Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) is launching the search for 100 Inspiring Stories in a bid to inspire .....

The National Computer Center (NCC) - Information Communications and Technology Office (ICTO) joined the thirty (30) exhibitors from the national and local government units in the Kabisig Government .....

In response to the needs of its community for quality ICT services, the San Fabian CeC have expanded its services by adopting the Village Online Education Program (VOCEP). The program .....

The National Computer Center –Field Operations Office conducted a 3-day Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign Trainers Training (PDLWC - ToT) which was held from January 29 to 31 at .....

A total of 109 women completed the digital literacy training conducted by the Tanauan CeC in line with the Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) for the month of .....

This is the testimonial of Mrs. Mecy M. Gorayeb, a retired teacher, who found out that age is no hindrance towards learning new things. She is one of the many .....

The 5-day Luzon local exchange and staff visit was successfully conducted from January 24-28, following visits to the different CeCs in the region.

The 14 participants, composed of CeC managers and .....

The municipality of Upi, Maguindanao, thru its Community eCenter, was recognized as one of the top 10 outstanding local government units (LGUs) awarded with the Galing Pook Awards for "exemplary .....

The Tanauan Community eCenter is going from strength to strength. It has committed to train 700 women by June 2012 under the Philippine Digital Literacy Women Campaign. It is expected .....

The ICT Education and Training (ICTET) unit of the National Computer Center - Field Operations Office has released its roster of regular training activities for the year 2012. These ICT-related .....

The Irosin Municipal Library/ Community eCenter is located at San Julian, Irosin, Sorsogon and is considered one of the cleanest libraries in the province of Sorsogon. Owing to the scholarly .....

The Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign gains ground following the successful conduct of the training for trainers and its rollout in the communities.

A total of 72 individuals successfully completed .....

The Community eCenter of Socorro successfully upgraded its Internet connection from satellite to wireless last December 2011.

The geographical location of the lone island-municipality was not able to hinder the possibility .....

A total of 18 participants from various municipalities of Western Visayas attended the Basic Technical Training for CeC Managers at Western Visayas College of Science and Technology (WVCST) at La .....

After my trips to the three provinces in my region: Leyte, Eastern Samar and Southern Leyte, I noticed that the best CeC models in Region 8 have not much to .....

A total of 21 CeC managers from Mindanao visited different CeCs in Visayas for the first batch of the Local Exchange and Study Visit, held from December 5-10.

The five-day program .....

The eSkwela of Tanauan, Leyte continues to have a big impact on its constituents. Under the helm of Mr. Eugene Ramos, winner of the recent 7th KEC Excellence Awards on .....

The Municipality of Luna, through the Luna Community eCenter, continues to affirm its strong support for the Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC), conducting five digital literacy batches resulting .....

This year is Tanauan's year.

The Community eCenter of Tanauan emerged as the grand winner for both the CeC and the Knowledge Worker categories of the 2nd Philippine CeC Excellence awards. .....

The 7th Knowledge Exchange Conference on Community eCenters (KEC 7) marked the successful conclusion of a vision that shaped the CeC landscape of the country and the start of .....

Ten finalists have made it through the final deliberation round of the 2nd Philippine Community eCenter Excellence Awards. The winning finalists will be awarded during the 7th Knowledge Exchange on .....

In support of the government’s National Greening Program (NGP), and as part of the 22nd National Statistics Month (NSM) celebration, an inter-agency tree planting activity was spearheaded by the National .....

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The eLearningville (also known as the Learning Town), is a .....

The Information and Communications

Technology Office (ICTO) recently put into effect two administrative orders which has bearing in the implementation of the Philippine CeC Program.

Administrative Order 01 retains the National .....

THE Advance Science and Technology Institute (Asti) collaborated with Xavier University (XU) Ateneo de Cagayan in conducting a two-day Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Training for Beginners at the XU .....

The municipality of San Remigio, Cebu recently unveiled two proud achievements last September: the inauguration of its Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) and the launch of the pilot Community eCenter .....

Time: November 22, 2011 to November 23, 2011

A total of 32 municipal employees, composed of 15 men and 17 women, attended the two-day Basic Computer Literacy training under the Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) held .....

I paid a visit to Diffun, Quirino after the successful Basic ICT Technical Training for CeC Managers at the the Isabela State University, Cauayan City campus from September 5-9. During .....

A total of 31 scholars comprised the second batch of the scholarship grant training provided by the Strengthening CeC Grant program. The training, which included two of the telecentre.org - .....

The refreshing shores of Cebu provided a soothing backdrop for the 20 participants who undertook the Going Interactive: Taking Web Development to the Next Level training, conducted by the National .....

The Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) through its Executive Director and CAC Chairman Louis Napoleon C. Casambre has issued the CAC Qualifications that will serve .....

The Community eCenter (CeC) of Socorro recently launched its wifi Internet access installations for households and institutions. This development comes in just around a year after Socorro established its CeC, .....

A total of 2,171 families were able to access food and other local government benefits without travelling to other municipalities through the Vincenzo Sagun Community eCenter.

Link from the Philippine .....

The National Computer Center - Field Operations Office (NCC-FOO), in partnership with the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), .....

The municipality of Vincenzo A. Sagun, under the helm of Mayor Edilberto Adlaon, has recently been placed in the limelight for bagging the Department of Internal and Local Government (DILG) .....

Link to an article of Mr. JM TUAZON, GMA News .....

Following the May 26 fish kill which affected 331 families and approximately 3.5 metric tons of marine life in the Taal Lake region in Batangas, the Community eCenter (CeC) of .....

The municipality of Vallehermoso in Negros Oriental is the newest member of the Philippine Community eCenter (PhilCeC) Program following the delivery of the equipment package that will jumpstart the operations .....

The deadline for the submission of nominations for the 2nd Philippine CeC Excellence Awards is extended! Nominations for both CeC and CeC knowledge category will still be accepted until July .....

Twenty six individuals successfully completed

The Municipality of Mina, Iloilo is advancing its development on Information and Communication Technology or ICT by establishing a Community eCenter of its own. The inauguration, blessing, and launching of .....

A DIGITALLY EMPOWERED PHILIPPINES – this battle cry formally ushers-in the celebration of National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Month this June. The celebration of National ICT Month is .....

The telecentre.org - Philippine CeC Academy (tPCA), Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and the National Computer Center (NCC) will be spearheading the conduct of the ninth out of the .....

The Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign was successfully launched on March 2, 2011 at the CCDL Hall of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) in Los Baňos, .....

Pursuant to President Aquino’s policy on transparency, the National Computer Center (NCC) recently released an updated list of government agencies that has submitted their Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP) and .....

The Commission on Information and Communication Technology's (CICT) Philippine Community eCenter Program emerged as the top winner for the Digital Inclusion category, one of the 22 categories of the FutureGov .....

The Department of Social Welfare and Development will launch today, June 29, the e-Donation Management System through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Globe X-Change Inc. (GXI) and .....

The Subcommittee on ICT currently chaired by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology and composed of different cooperating agencies: namely, the National Computer Center, the Department of Transportation and .....

QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA – Newly named Commission on Information Communications Technology (CICT) chief Ivan John Uy proposes a solution to employ the half a million jobless nursing graduates in .....

In an effort to bring the opportunity for capacity building within reach of every CeC knowledge worker across the country, the Commission on ICT (CICT), through its Philippine .....

Fellow eGOV’s, allow me to share good news about eBPLS…

Before, Municipality of Dinalupihan Bataan is always 2’nd in Streamlining of Business Permit Issuance because we don’t have a one-stop-shop. After the successful .....

In line with Presidential Proclamation No. 1521 (Series of 2008), declaring the month of June as National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Month, the Commission on Information .....

MANILA, Philippines- The recently concluded The International ICT Awards Philippines 2010, which aims to celebrate global excellence and promote the Philippines as the World’s BPO Destination of Choice, recognized the .....

telecentre.org is finally in its new home. Yesterday, March 3, 2010, international and local dignitaries as well as stakeholders of the Philippine telecentre movement witnessed the launch and turnover of .....

(3 March 2010, Manila) - The telecentre.org Foundation which improves the social and economic impact of grassroots telecentres around the world is pleased to announce that it has officially opened .....

Finally, a passport to go IT!

The local government unit of Tanauan, Leyte has been cognizant of the increasing number of barangay officials and other professionals in the locality who are interested to undergo ICT– related .....

“The condition, intention and passion of the heart really matters.”

 This is what propels Ma. Marvin Amatorio to pursue her vocation as a Community eCenter (CeC) Manager in .....

It’s not only user friendly; it’s certified accessible.

 The Philippine Community eCenter’s official web portal, http://philcecnet.ph, was lauded as one of the websites qualified to receive the Disabled-Friendly Website .....

The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Cagwait, through the leadership of the Municipal Mayor Hon. Bonifacio G. Ondona, in partnership with the National Computer Center-Field Operations Office (NCC-FOO), conducted the Website Upgrading .....

It was two years ago when this Community e-Center first opened. It was a fresh concept then – connecting the people from far flung municipalities like Alegria, Cebu to the world thru .....

The National Computer Center, in partnership with the Association of Progressive Communications (APC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has successfully implemented the piloting of the Gender and Evaluation Methdology (GEM) .....

Upi is a municipality in the province of Maguindanao. Upi Community eCenter was the first eLGU CeC to be established. Since the CeC’s birth in 2004, the Municipality of Upi became globally .....

Tanauan, Leyte  -- True to its being known as a people responsive local governance, the Local Government of Tanauan has just acquired a Greater Modular Access (GMA) Jobs Center Kiosk .....

Last February 23, 2009, the town of Tabogon, Cebu was filled with excitement.

In the plaza fronting the municipal hall, the atmosphere was festive – large sound boxes were  mounted,  blaring danceable tunes.  .....

(AP MANILA) - The computer network of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has been infiltrated by a cyber spy network based mainly in China, Canadian researchers said on Saturday.

The .....

Based on the latest Global Information Technology Report 2009 released by the World Economic Forum, the Philippines ranking slipped further in the race for global IT competitiveness. Compared to .....

Some prospective bidders for the automation of the 2010 national elections expressed concern over the eligibility requirements for bidding of the machines to be used in the elections.

In the .....

The comprehensive cybersecurity legislation currently in development in the US Senate aims to bring high-level government attention to the serious problem of cybersecurity by giving one White House official oversight .....

MANILA, March 26, 2009 (AFP) - Internet usage in the Philippines is on the increase but rarely for doing business online -- most people are using the web for social .....

THE SENATE will start plenary deliberations on a bill seeking to create a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) once it resumes sessions on April 13. Senator Edgardo J. Angara, .....

Last February 6, 2009 the Department of Trade and Industry conducted a public consultation on the proposed certification scheme for the implementation of digital signatures in the government.

In .....

Interconnected helplines of all government offices may be the wave of the future. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) gathered last March .....