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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.

These are the lines of the State of the nation Address of PGMA last July 27, 2009 which are related to ICT That improve the quality of life to the Filipinos...

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“Kung noong nakaraan, lumakas ang electronics, today we are creating wealth by developing the BPO and tourism sectors as additional engines 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. Let us have a Department of ICT.”


The president made a mandate to form a government sector that will take charge on the country's prospects related to information and communication technology. As an IT student, it would be great for us that our government recognized the importance of technology to us. It would surely help our country in terms of providing and generating jobs for the people. I am also glad that our economy is moving through business process outsourcing (BPO) which also helped many Filipinos acquire jobs here and abroad. In this case, many foreign investors will invest in our country and we filipinos has the potentials and the competence for these kind of job.

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“As the seeds of fundamental political reform are planted, let us address the highest exercise of democracy -- voting! In 2001, I said we would finance fully automated elections. We got it, thanks to Congress..”

In these statement, Mrs. President wants the automated election be successful. We all know that budgeting for the automated election undergone many issues! but as what she said it will surely be implemented this coming election. May be it the right time for us to make use of technology, through this we can vote easily and the results of these election would be fast... and we could say that it can lessen cheating these coming elections.


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“Sa telecommunications naman, inatasan ko ang Telecommunications Commission na kumilos na tungkol sa mga sumbong na dropped calls at mga nawawalang load sa cellphone.”

- This is really one of the many things that greatly affect the mass of people especially in everyday life. Almost every Filipino, rich or poor, uses mobile phones as a means of communication. And almost everyone has (pretty sure!) experienced times when cellphone loads were stolen unexpectedly even it is not normally spent by the user. Most people say this is primarily due to cellphone promos or value-added services being offered by other companies. The telecommunication networks are most likely to be blamed since they are the ones which distribute cellphone loads. Fortunately, the government has found ways to prevent this further. Now the expiry dates of load amounts are being extended. And I’m pretty sure that most number of people will benefit from this. More and more users will have less worry on their load expiries and stolen load balance, thus making communication with their loved ones be it near or far, local or abroad, possible. That’s information traveled through communication devices.



I guess this has a big impact to the filipino people because most of us has cell phones right? everybody has it!!!
We use cell phones everyday as a means of communication and it becomes one of our needs. The most common complains regarding CP's is that there CP loads are stolen just a blink of an eye even they don't make use it. (i also experienced it!!!) for me, it is the telecommunication networks should be held responsible for that because they are the one who distribute these cell phone loads!
Fortunately, the government take attentionto this problem. Now the expiry dates of load amounts are being extended. And I’m pretty sure that all of cp users will benefit from this. More and more users will have less worry on their load expiries and stolen load balance, thus making communication with their loved ones be it near or far, local or abroad, possible. That’s information traveled through communication devices.

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