The Philippine Star•4h ago
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DICT exec suspended over P1.5 billion contracts
An undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has been suspended for six months by the ombudsman for allegedly awarding contracts worth P1.55 billion to companies linked to a firm he founded.
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