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Resources Success Stories General Pioneer eLGU CeC changes a town
Pioneer eLGU CeC changes a town |
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| Written by Administrator | |
| Tuesday, 01 April 2008 | |
It has been over three years since the first eLGU Community eCenter was established in the Municipality of Upi, Maguindanao (now Shariff Kabunsuan) last October 20, 2004. Before the CeC was established, Upi had no Internet service provider (ISP), and only had limited telephone and mobile carrier services. News and other media services were wanting while mail, national and even local newspapers arrived very late or even the following day. Upi had no public library and whatever information resources available in its public schools were limited if not un-updated.With an eCenter up and running, Upi has leaped over all these obstacles with ease. Where before the LGU faced slow or delayed communications and costly cell phone calls, the CeC now provides speedy retrieval of communication through facsimile and email and reduced phone costs using the new local telephone system. The LGU is also enjoying easy communication with funding agencies and other local and national agencies through the Internet. The LGU’s transactions using the GSIS e-card in Cotabato City are a thing of the past as easy transaction came with the establishment of its own CeC facilities. Even the schools in the municipality are greatly benefited. Students can now easily interact with other students and resource persons around the world through Internet chat. An almost unlimited access to the wide array of reference materials in the World Wide Web is now open to them. Furthermore, while it was hard to confirm entrance exam results before, students now have an easy way of knowing who made it and who didn’t by accessing their target school’s websites. Before the establishment of the CeC, only local news was updated. Now, the constituents of Upi are linked to vital information media with fresh national and foreign news accessed daily through the Internet. Upi also had no linkages with other local radio stations. Now, Mayor Piang has radio programs simultaneously broadcast through DXUP FM (in Upi) and DXMS AM (in Cotabato City) through phone patch. And it doesn’t stop there.  Through the CeC, Upi businessmen enjoy daily contact with business partners. Local products such as Tiruray baskets are being marketed internationally with product information posted in the LGU’s website.On the other hand, overseas workers and their loved ones in Upi have found one of the cheapest ways of communicating through the CeC’s video and voice chat services. Finally, residents, through the Internet, have the world at their fingertips. They can now easily contact other people and gather information for their various interests. They have even used the Internet to search for job opportunities. These and more have remarkably changed the lives of the people in this once remote municipality. The Upi CeC project is a project of CICT-NCC and the Municipal Government of Upi in partnership with the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program and DOST-VII. |
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