Here are my prepared remarks and presentation for the meeting of the House Committee on Information and Communication Technology, held on May 20, 2015:

Honorable chair and members, good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to attend and speak at this meeting.

All the measures now being heard in this meeting deserve hearing, study, and approval by the committee, by the House and by the whole Congress:

• House Resolution 186 of Congressman Arnel Ty;
• House Resolution 630 of Congressman Terry Ridon;
• House Resolution 1012 of Congressmen Neri Javier Colmenares and Carlos Isagani Zarate;
• House Bill 2794 of Congressman Anthony Bravo and Cresente Paez; and
• House Bill 5331 of Congressman Winnie Castelo.

Individually and collectively, these measures tell the sad or anger-inducing or patience-snapping stories of many students, parents, workers, farmers, professionals, entrepreneurs, businessmen, or congressmen. If there’s one thing aside from terrible traffic that we all suffer from together, it is the dismal state of internet and telephony services in the country. No one is spared from these horrors that should be preventable and easy to solve.