{"id":255753,"date":"2020-05-22T04:07:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T08:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255753"},"modified":"2020-05-22T04:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T08:07:45","slug":"prrd-accepts-rios-resignation-from-dict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/22\/prrd-accepts-rios-resignation-from-dict\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD accepts Rio\u2019s resignation from DICT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rio on January 31 sent a letter to Duterte, informing the President of his decision to quit his post. (File Photo<\/a>: Department of Information and Communications Technology – DICT\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s acceptance came over three months since Rio tendered his resignation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe likewise affirm that the President has accepted the resignation of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Eliseo Rio, Jr.,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

Roque said the Palace was thankful to Rio for his \u201cinvaluable services to the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish him (Rio) well in all his future endeavors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rio on January 31 sent a letter to Duterte, informing the President of his decision to quit his post.<\/p>\n

Earlier reports said he resigned due to a supposed conflict with other DICT officials.<\/p>\n

Rio also questioned the grant and questionable allocation of multimillion-peso confidential funds of the agency.<\/p>\n

The DICT had PHP400 million in confidential funds in 2019 and PHP800 million in 2020.<\/p>\n

In February, Malaca\u00f1ang said Duterte would first let the Senate look into the controversial confidential funds appropriated to the DICT before ordering a possible presidential probe.<\/p>\n

In the same month, Rio issued a joint statement with DICT Secretary Gregorio Honasan II, clarifying that the former\u2019s resignation was \u201cbecause of personal reasons, and not due to any rift with the Secretary, nor to any anomaly in the confidential fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rio, a licensed electronics and communications engineer, served as DICT Undersecretary for Operations prior to his resignation.<\/p>\n

He also served as acting DICT secretary and led the bidding process for the country\u2019s third major telecommunications player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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