Palace vows to 'double' internet capacity

BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE -- Malacañang said on Tuesday, May 29, the government vows to double internet capacity in the Philippines.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. assured that the government through the Department of Information and Communications Technology is already doing its best to achieve this feat in a press briefing held here in Mt. Province State Polytechnic College.

“It will double the infrastructure of internet in the Philippines. Likewise, we are also taking advantage or using the NGCP — ‘yung National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, ‘yung facilities nila para doon isakay din ang imprastruktura ng internet,” Secretary Roque said.

“This is in pursuant to law because this was already a law passed in Congress and I’m one of the co-authors of that law which provides for free internet connectivity,” he added.

The completion of its implementation, Roque said, will take approximately three years.

For now, the govern- ment’s main priority is to provide free internet access to all public schools and universities.

“Ang priority po natin bagamat aabot po ng tatlong taon ang full-implementation na ito, ang priority natin ngayon ay lahat ng public schools and universities dapat ma-connect muna nang libre,” he clarified. PCO-Content