Manila, June 16 -- The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has so far rolled out almost 19,000 free WiFi sites and laid over 3,000 kilometers (km.) of fiber under the National Broadband Program, in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s order to fix the country's connectivity problems.

During the Infrastructure Forum of the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) in Makati City on Monday, DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said these projects under the Marcos administration are "proof of the government's will that has translated into citizen benefit."

"When the President gave the order, we didn't debate. We delivered. We went straight to work -because every Filipino, whether in Batanes or Taw...