Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is seen as the fuel that boosts our country’s economy. The National Computer Center (NCC) is the wheel that steers ICT in the right direction. As a lead agency for promoting ICT in the government, the NCC continues its pursuit of harnessing ICT for national development.

The National Computer Center Field Operations Office, through the coordination of Region IV-A IT Coordinator Marina Secorsicon with Unlad Quezon Foundation, conducted an Introductory Training on Open Source Platform for the Computer Literacy Program of Unlad Quezon Foundation last May 27-31, 2008 at the Bondok Peninsula Training Institute (BPTI) in San Narciso, Quezon. Regional IT Coordinator for CAR, Gabriel Aquino, and National Computer Institute – Human Capital Development Group (NCI-HCDG) Trainor Stephanie LLamanzares acted as resource speakers during the training course.

The Philippine Community eCenter Network (PhilCeCNet) Executive Council met last June 4, 2008 at The Legend Villas, Mandaluyong City, to formally elect its officers.

The telecentre.Org-Philippine CeC Academy (TPCA) and the Commission on Information and Communications Technology is conducting a series of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and workshop on the Development of the National Competency Standard for Community eCenter (CeC) Managers (NCS-CeCs).

The Municipality of Aliaga, Nueva Ecija is a 3rd class municipality located at the western boarder of the province. It is composed of twenty six (26) barangays, with a population of around 75,000 people.

The Province of Iloilo in partnership with the AMPDCI (Association of Municipal Planning and Development Coordinators of Iloilo Incorporated) and National Computer Center-CICT (NCC-CICT) have conducted several trainings on web development for local government units wherein some participants are from outside of Iloilo province. It started with the conduct of seminars/ workshops on Introduction to Website and Web Basics, followed by Introduction to Joomla/ Basic Joomla, then Advanced Joomla and lately the conduct of Website Content Uploading Workshops.

Gone are the days for an expensive, time-consuming and tedious process of doing revision for real property units (RPUs)- as proven by the Local Government of Ginatilan, Cebu, a fifth-class municipality located in the southernmost part of Cebu Province.