CLARK FREEPORT – Free fiber internet service will be provided to five community centers serving Aeta families in Mabalacat City and Bamban, Tarlac under a three-year partnership between Clark Development Cor. and Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
To be given free Fiber X 2500 connectivity are Sitio Calapi and Marcos in Mabalacat, and Sitio Burog, San Vicente, and Sto. Niño in Bamban for purposes of education, access to information, and livelihood.
“When we have this, it should improve our well-being, it should increase connectivity, it should bring progress,” noted CDC president and CEO Atty. Agnes VST Devanadera who signed the memorandum of agreement with Converge founder and CEO Dennis Anthony H. Uy.
For his part, Uy said internet access to communities with limited connectivity is part of ensuring that more people benefit from technological development. “Progress must include everyone.”
He added that internet connectivity involves more than access to the service, citing its role in providing people with access to information, education and livelihood opportunities.
The five centers form part of CDC’s community programs for Aeta families, serving as venues for activities addressing education and livelihood needs and for coordination with development partners and Clark locators.
The MOA signing was witnessed by CDC chairman Atty. Edgardo Pamintuan, vice president for administration and finance group Jose Miguel de la Rosa, and assistant vice president for external affairs Rommel Narciso, along with Converge independent director and former CDC chair Jose “Ping” de Jesus and vice president for public relations Juliana Encarnado. CDC-PR
