• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO
The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod approved yesterday a resolution requesting the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) for the installation of free wifi to the 61 barangays of Bacolod City.
The resolution authored by Councilor Lady Gles Gonzales-Pallen said the national government, through the DICT is undertaking Free Wifi Internet Access in Public Places Project, across the Philippines to accelerate economic, social, and educational opportunities.
It has been observed that most of our constituents are reliant on the use of the internet, especially in communicating, studying and being updated with the current happenings of not just around the city but around the world, it said.
The resolution said the internet has been the most useful technology in the modern times given the enormous amount of information it can provide and send, which is being adopted by most private and public offices for it can ease and finish loads of work in the shortest period of time.
Wireless connection is very convenient to the public nowadays, considering that it will allow them to communicate and connect to the internet anywhere without the hassle of using cables and other broadband paraphernalia, it said.
It is the policy of Bacolod City to fully support, cooperate and commit itself to the implementation and success of national programs in as much as the same are intended to achieve development goals that will eventually benefit the people in the barangay in particular, the resolution said.
The City Government of Bacolod, as its way of enhancing its Information and Communication Technology competency, aims to provide ways for its constituents to have free and accessible wireless internet connection, particularly in the 61 barangays of the city, the resolution added.*
