Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin and chief adviser IC Calaguas. Contributed photo
ANGELES CITY – Instead of only students for their online classes, all Angeleños will be provided with free internet “pretty soon” by Mayor Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr.
This, according to long–time Lazatin family political officer IC Calaguas who now serves as chief adviser and tactician of the mayor.
In a meeting over the weekend with representatives ofinternet provider Pil-Chi Telecoms Inc., Calaguas said the 772 satellite is now being installed throughout the city for free WiFi Internet access or all of Angelenos.
Pil-Chi Telecoms, Inc. is in partnership with local provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
Calaguas explained that while the original plan was for free WiFi Internet access only for students, the mayor ordered it for all instead.
“For students, the city government will issue internet access cards strictly for their schooling. Para mas mabilis ang access nila,” Calaguas said.
The internet access with cards will be distributed together with the tablets purchased by Lazatin for public school students from Grades 4 to 12 and the 3,200 students of the City College os Angeles.
Calaguas was also the head of the Angeles City Information Communication Technology Division way back in 2001 during the time of Mayor Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin.
It was under her watch at the ICT division that the full computerization of the city government revenue offices was accomplished and certified as ISO 9001:2000 in 2002, the first local government unit outside Metro Manila to receive the certification.
Pil-Chi vowed to finish the installation of the satellite by the first week of October before the classes start.
Lazatin allocated a total of P161 million for the tablets of 48,000 public school students and P15 million for the tablet of CCA students.
P20 million was allotted for the free WiFi for Angelenos.
