{"id":271268,"date":"2020-10-08T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271268"},"modified":"2020-10-08T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:00:48","slug":"online-civil-service-exams-doable-telcos-should-step-up-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/08\/online-civil-service-exams-doable-telcos-should-step-up-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Online civil service exams doable, telcos should step up: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roque said the Palace would even go out of its way to remind telcos to improve their services if necessary.(Pexels Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The plan to conduct civil service exams online is doable, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday, urging telecommunications companies to step up their services.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said it is looking at conducting the civil service exam online as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic persists.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya po iyan. Kakayanin po natin iyan<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s doable. We can do it),\u201d Roque said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Roque said the Palace would even go out of its way to remind telcos to improve their services if necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung kinakailangan nating kalampagin ang mga<\/em>\u00a0telecoms company\u00a0gagawin po natin iyan<\/em>\u00a0(If there is a need to compel telecoms companies, we\u2019ll do it),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In his penultimate State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) last July 27, President Rodrigo Duterte gave telcos until December to improve their services.<\/p>\n

He also asked Cabinet to employ \u201cdrastic\u201d measures to shorten the process of securing permits for building telecommunication company cellular towers following difficulties experienced by telecommunications companies in securing permits to build towers or cell sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala na pong magiging dahilan ang<\/em>\u00a0telecoms company\u00a0kung hindi nila ma<\/em>-improve\u00a0iyong ating<\/em>\u00a0telecoms facilities\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0connectivity (Telecoms companies have no reason not to improve our facilities and connectivity),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Roque said the conduct of online exams should be part of the new normal while a vaccine against Covid-19 is yet to be developed.<\/p>\n

\u201cTingin ko po, kabahagi na iyan ng<\/em>\u00a0new normal\u00a0\u2018no. Hindi naman tayo puwedeng mag-antay ng bakuna at ng gamot bago tayo bumalik sa<\/em>\u00a0normal\u00a0na buhay<\/em>\u00a0(I think it\u2019s part of the new normal. We can\u2019t wait for a vaccine and medicine before our lives go back to normal),\u201d he said,<\/p>\n

Roque said it is important to make use of technology to perform tasks that can be done from the comfort of people\u2019s own homes.<\/p>\n

He said the civil service exam would also open opportunities for Filipinos who have lost their jobs during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cTingin ko po habang nandiyan ang teknolohiya gamitin natin lalung-lalo na napakadami po nating hinahanap na mga manggagawa sa gobyerno at napakarami ring nawalan ng trabaho dahil sa<\/em>\u00a0Covid-19 (I think that while technology is there, let\u2019s use it because we are looking for a lot of government workers and many Filipinos have lost their jobs because of Covid-19),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The civil service exams scheduled last March were postponed due to the restrictions posed by the Covid-related lockdowns<\/p>\n

Other licensure exams were also suspended due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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