13/06/2025
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐, ๐๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐จ
On June 13, 2025, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Office joined the ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ด๐บ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐. ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ, ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ผ, a service caravan under the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
As part of the whole-of-nation approach to empower geographically isolated and disadvantaged communities, DICT provided the following key services to residents and participating agencies:
1. ๐๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ผ๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ - Residents were guided in accessing the eGovPH Super App through user orientations.
2. ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐-๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ - Access to Free Wi-Fi for All was made temporarily available during the event providing residents and local officials with internet connectivity for communication, education, and access to digital services.
3. ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง-๐ผ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ - deployed temporary internet solutions to ensure other participating line agencies could offer efficient services such as National ID registration.
4. ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ - conducted community-level discussions on online safety, educating residents on identifying phishing, scams, protecting personal data and safe browsing habits.
This outreach activity underscores DICTโs commitment to bridging the digital divide and fostering safe, connected, and digitally empowered communities even in the most remote areas of the country bannering under this years National ICT Month theme "Walang Iwanan sa Digital Bayanihan" - a Nation working together for a more digitally connected Philippines.