ONLINE SOON. A staff member of the Department of Information and Communications Technology unloads equipment in Limasawa, Southern Leyte in this July 27, 2022 photo. The package is composed of three computer units, a printer, headset, router, and closed-circuit television.(DICT photo) TACLOBAN CITY - Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) brought ICT services to Limasawa, Southern Leyte as the island suffered unstable internet connectivity since the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December 2021. DICT Eastern Visayas Regional chief Felix Tabanao Jr. said on Friday they handed over a Tech4ED Equipment package to Mayor Melchor Petracorta. The package, turned over on July 27, is composed of three computer units, a printer, headset, router, and closed-circuit television. The equipment will be placed at the Tech4ED Center inside the municipal hall to provide ICT services to the people. "People of Limasawa will be given an opportunity to access the different ICT se
GOING DIGITAL. Health workers attend a Vaccination Administration System (VAS) training in Almeria Biliran in this May 19, 2022 photo. The system developed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology aims to speed up the registration of information in the vaccination against Covid-19.(Photo courtesy of DICT Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - Biliran province is now using the Vaccination Administration System (VAS) developed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to speed up the registration of information against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). DICT Eastern Visayas Regional Director Felix Tabanao Jr. said on Friday the system now covers all local government units in Biliran and their respective vaccination sites. DVAS is a free software that can help vaccination sites cut down the Covid-19 inoculation processing time by half. It digitizes the whole inoculation process, from registration, vital signs entry, health screening, inoculation reco
(File photo) TACLOBAN CITY - Free public Wi-Fi has been installed in 217 sites in Eastern Visayas in the past four years, prioritizing health facilities and Covid-19 vaccination sites, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Tuesday. In 2021 alone, the DICT has spent at least PHP26.8 million to carry out the project in the region's six provinces, responding to growing demand for connectivity, DICT Eastern Visayas Regional Director Felix Tabanao Jr. said. Of the 217 sites covered by the free Wi-Fi project, 120 are in Leyte, 41 in Southern Leyte, 37 in Eastern Samar, 12 in Biliran, six in Samar, and one in Northern Samar. "Since 2020, the DICT has been prioritizing the roll-out and improvement of ICT equipment and infrastructure throughout the country, particularly in public hospitals, vaccination sites, and Covid-19 facilities to support the government initiatives in abating the effects of ongoing pandemic," Tabanao told the Philippine Ne