MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to settle the agency's payables to telecommunication companies from the WiFi program now running at more than P3 billion. Lawmakers like Northern Samar 1st District Rep. Paul Daza and Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo prodded the department during the hearing of the House committee on appropriations on Thursday, after learning that DICT has a low fund utilization but actually had around P3.

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