The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has huge debts to telecommunications companies PLDT and Globe, House of Representatives officials learn during a House Committee on Appropriations hearing Thursday, May 25. ManilaBulletin
"We already had this discussion last October. The businesses are hurting, ang daming pera , you would be helping these large companies so they don’t retrench. You have the private sector and then now you can partly solve the issues on the implementation of free public Wi-Fi," the veteran solon said.
DICT Assistant Secretary Heherson Asiddao, a resource person in the hearing, told the panel they have begun paying the "documented payables" in connection with the free Wi-Fi program. However, appropriations panel senior vice chairperson, Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo didn't accept this response, as she pointed out that DICT already has P2.5 billion in cash that it can use to settle the debt.
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