Philippines government tech agency seeks 750 percent budget boost for COVIDigital transformation

Most of it to go on new internet infrastructure to keep citizens working and learning remotely

The Philippines's Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has sought approval of a PHP46.6bn ($942m) budget for fiscal 2021 to help the country adapt to the "new normal" during the COVID-19 pandemic - a lazy 750 percent higher than the PHP6bn budget it's working with this year....