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Japan, UN agency, DICT launch digital center in BARMM

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Two foreign benefactors and the Department of Information and Communications Technology launched here on Thursday a Digital Transformation Center in support of efforts for commerce and trade in the Bangsamoro region to fully bounce back from the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chihiro Kano, a representative of the Japanese government, Assistant Secretary Wilroy Ticzon of the Department of Information and Communications Technology and Khalid Hassan of the International Labour Organization together launched the Digital Transformation Center in Cotabato City on Thursday.

The setting up of the DTC here is related with the ILO’s "Bringing Back Jobs Safely Under COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines; Rebooting Small and Informal Businesses Safely and Digitally Project," which is bankrolled by the Government of Japan. “Most are trapped at low levels of performance and growth. It is something that we need to help address,” he said.

The Bangsamoro region covers the provinces of Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, and the cities of Lamitan, Marawi and Cotabato, where MSMEs generates employment for the local communities and from where local government units collect much-needed revenues.The owner of a pickup truck caught using the EDSA busway on May 26 has been identified and will be issued a show-cause order...

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