E-COMMUNITIES. Officials of geothermal power firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC) are shown during the turnover of funds for two additional e-communities in Valencia, Negros Oriental in this undated photo. The project will benefit villagers through free internet access. (Photo courtesy of EDC) DUMAGUETE CITY - Geothermal power leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has allocated funds for the establishment of additional off-grid electronic or e-communities in Valencia, Negros Oriental. Norreen Bautista, head of EDC's Corporate Social Responsibility for Negros, on Tuesday told the Philippine News Agency that two more barangays in Valencia, Negros Oriental are recipients of the firm's expanded e-community project. These are the villages of Malaunay and Caidiocan, which recently received a donation of PHP277,940 to be equally divided among the two communities for the installation of wi-fi infrastructures. "We expect to complete the project with our partners this fir
Published July 25, 2021, 2:24 PM
Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ)-led Task Force Against Corruption (TFAC) has received a total of 240 complaints as of last July 19.
DOJ Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar on Sunday, July 25, said that 20 complaints had been endorsed to the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB).
Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra, on the other hand, said that “the OMB has acted upon and is currently evaluating the numerous complaints endorsed/filed by the TFAC….”
Guevarra said that one of the complaints received by TFAC and endorsed to the OMB involved the Free Wi-Fi for All project of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).