DICT seeks ₧5.6B more, cites big task in fighting cybercrime • Lorenz S. Marasigan

THE Department of Information and Communications Technology is seeking an additional budget of P5.6 billion, and going without it “would affect our operations significantly,” its chief said.

During the Senate Finance subcommittee hearing on the budget in the morning, DICT Secretary Ivan Uy said the additional funding will help maintain some of the operations of the department. “We’re seeking consideration on our request for additional funding that would affect our operations significantly if not provided. If granted, this will allow the DICT to sustain or even just maintain some of the services that the DICT provides in its operations,” he told Senators.However, Senator Grace Poe questioned the request, citing the low budget utilization rate of the department.“Here’s the problem, your utilization rate is too low, and yet you’re asking for additional budget.

Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda asked officials of Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center what the country needs to do to take the Philippines out of the list of most attacked countries by web threats.

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