On the assumption that you heard/read the SONA of the President last month, (July 2000), identify at least 3 areas related to ICT and identify how these areas can improve our quality of life.
Every year, the President of the Republic of the Philippines gives Congress and the people an update about the national situation through the SONA or the State of the Nation Address. This SONA has been practiced by all the Philippine presidents since 1936.
Every year, the President of the Republic of the Philippines gives Congress and the people an update about the national situation through the SONA or the State of the Nation Address. This SONA has been practiced by all the Philippine presidents since 1936.
State of the Nation Address was originally mandated by Article VII, Section 5 of the 1935 Philippine Constitution, which states: “The President shall from time to time give to the Congress information on the state of the nation, and recommend to its consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”
This provision was copied from the United States Constitution, the Philippines being under American rule at the time. The US provision, however, talked of the state of the union.
SONA continues to this day. The 1987 Philippine Constitution requires the President to address the Congress at the opening of its regular session on the fourth Monday of July (Article VII, Section 23 and Article VI, Section 15), which is July 27 for this year, 2009.
Pres. Gloria Arroyo on July 27made a final push for the creation of DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology) in her last State of the Nation Address (Sona).
Speaking before members of both chambers of Congress, the chief executive urged the country to “have a Department of ICT” as she highlighted the huge role that the BPO sector has played in the local economy.
Pres. Gloria Arroyo on July 27made a final push for the creation of DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology) in her last State of the Nation Address (Sona).
Speaking before members of both chambers of Congress, the chief executive urged the country to “have a Department of ICT” as she highlighted the huge role that the BPO sector has played in the local economy.
A proposed law calling for the creation of DICT has been pending in Congress for the last five years. This even if Malacanang has certified the bill as urgent.
Arroyo made the endorsement as she noted in her Sona that the Philippines is now starting to create wealth with the development of the BPO industry as an engine of growth.
“Electronics and other manufactured exports rise and fall in accordance with the state of the world economy. But BPO remains resilient. With earnings of $6 billion and employment of 600,000, the BPO phenomenon speaks eloquently of our competitiveness and productivity,” she said.
The president’s call for the creation of DICT, however, was less urgent compared to the appeal she made to revise consumer laws as she underscored her directive to the National Telecommunications Commission to act on complaints against dropped calls and lost cellphone load.
“We need to amend the Commonwealth-era Public Service Law. And we need to do it now,” Arroyo declared.
In an earlier interview, CICT (Commission of Information and Communications Technology) chair Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua said there’s time left and that the government is still hoping that Congress would pass the DICT bill.
“Unlike a full-fledged department, the problem with CICT just being a commission is that it can be easily demolished by the next administration. All that is needed by the next president is to sign another EO. That would be the end of the programs we’ve put up over the years,” he said.
These are the articles I found relate to the topic.
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/213088/gma-sona-bats-dept-ict
The three areas related to ICT that can improve our quality of life are
Ø BPO or Business Process Outsourcing industry as an engine of growth and innovations for us IT professionals. Through outsourcing we can broaden are knowledge and we can follow the trends of our technology. Through this, it is easy for us to engage to different profitable activities that could help to the improvement of our lives.
Ø Additional engines of growth-when we say additional engines fir growth, this would help every individual to improve they way of leaving. For example additional recruitment or hiring for any job.
Ø Philippine Transport Security Authority Law- I think it would be good to have this kind of law so that we can secure to our selves the existence of martial law and to have a fair treatment to all kinds of people. In this way we can improve our way of leaving, were there is fair and non abusive treatment to humans.
The president’s call for the creation of DICT, however, was less urgent compared to the appeal she made to revise consumer laws as she underscored her directive to the National Telecommunications Commission to act on complaints against dropped calls and lost cellphone load.
“We need to amend the Commonwealth-era Public Service Law. And we need to do it now,” Arroyo declared.
In an earlier interview, CICT (Commission of Information and Communications Technology) chair Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua said there’s time left and that the government is still hoping that Congress would pass the DICT bill.
“Unlike a full-fledged department, the problem with CICT just being a commission is that it can be easily demolished by the next administration. All that is needed by the next president is to sign another EO. That would be the end of the programs we’ve put up over the years,” he said.
These are the articles I found relate to the topic.
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/213088/gma-sona-bats-dept-ict
The three areas related to ICT that can improve our quality of life are
Ø BPO or Business Process Outsourcing industry as an engine of growth and innovations for us IT professionals. Through outsourcing we can broaden are knowledge and we can follow the trends of our technology. Through this, it is easy for us to engage to different profitable activities that could help to the improvement of our lives.
Ø Additional engines of growth-when we say additional engines fir growth, this would help every individual to improve they way of leaving. For example additional recruitment or hiring for any job.
Ø Philippine Transport Security Authority Law- I think it would be good to have this kind of law so that we can secure to our selves the existence of martial law and to have a fair treatment to all kinds of people. In this way we can improve our way of leaving, were there is fair and non abusive treatment to humans.
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