Filipinos have failed to reap the benefits of free Wi-Fi connectivity due to the failure of the four-year, P6.5-billion project of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the Commission on Audit (COA) said.<\/p>\n\n
In its 2017 audit report, the COA said the lack of project planning and coordination resulted in the delayed and failed implementation of Project Pipol Konek.<\/p>\n\n
Records showed that as early as 2011, the government laid out a five-year program to provide free internet through its Internet for All project.<\/p>\n\n
In 2016, the project underwent tweaks under the administration of President Duterte and was renamed Pipol Konek, the COA audit report said.<\/p>\n\n
With an initial fund layout of P4.8 billion, Pipol Konek was started in January 2015.<\/p>\n\n
The COA findings, however, revealed that as of December 2017, the project achieved a \u201cvery low-performance rate.\u201d\u2014MELVIN GASCON<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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