Montinola Info Center turns 1

Written by Melody
Friday, 12 February 2010
A day at the Montinola Information Center Montinola Information Center is a fulfilled promise to the local people of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte. The project was envisioned by Mayor Roy Orlando D. Dayon for local residents and students to gain access to various books and publications as well as knowledge and information of every kind. The project was inaugurated last January 19, 2009, making it officially a year old. The building that houses the center is named after the Montinola family who donated the land on which it stands. At present, the center boasts of an air-conditioned facility with sixteen computers connected to the Internet, different selections of books and magazines, a separate book section for little ones aged eight and below, an audio-visual room for film showing which also doubles as a conference room, and a receiving area.
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Tanauan converts 1st iCafe into CeC

Written by Claire
Thursday, 11 February 2010
ICT training participants with Instructional Manager Dennis Valle (fourth from left) and Tanauan CeC Manager Eugene Ramos (rightmost) outside Sislink Internet Cafe On February 4, 2010, the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Tanauan, Leyte, which hosts a Community eCenter under the National Computer Center’s (NCC) eLGU Project, successfully converted SisLink Internet Café into a CeC, making it the first ever iCafe to be converted. The partnership with SisLink, a business enterprise operating in Barangay Buntay, was forged in cognizance of the urgent need to broaden access to ICT in the locality and the increasing number of barangay officials and local professionals who have expressed interest in undergoing ICT training. Since the CeC is only equipped with twenty-three computer units, the planned Computer Literacy Program could not readily be accommodated considering that the CeC also serves as an accredited eSkwela Learning Center catering to alternative education for out-of-school youth and adults (OSYAs) currently with 150 learners. This gave birth to the partnership with and conversion of SisLink.
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Written by Neil D. Lopido (PIA News Service, Region 8, Tacloban City)
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Tacloban City (February 9) – The National Computer Center (NCC), an agency under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), will be deploying fifteen new Community eCenters (CeCs) in Eastern Visayas this month of February or March in response to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s thrust of empowering local government units (LGUs) in the use of information technology in local governance towards an improved quality public service. This was disclosed by Claire Fernandez, NCC Regional IT Coordinator, who said that these municipalities which applied for a CeC and passed the criteria for selection through a scorecard include Balangkayan, Giporlos, Balangiga, and Llorente in Eastern Samar; Biri, Laoang, Palapag, and Mapanas in Northern Samar; Pinabacdao and Paranas in Samar; and Mayorga, Javier, Julita, Sta. Fe, and Babatngon in Leyte. CICT seeks to establish at least 200 CeCs per year over a three-year period prioritizing towns with existing infrastructure support like electrical power and internet connectivity, Fernandez emphasized.
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