00:01Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda denies rumors of his resignation.
00:06Aguda says, I deny the false reports and speculations that I have resigned from my position as Secretary of the
00:12DICT.
00:13He claims the agency has been steadfast in its efforts to combat disinformation and the spread of fake news.
00:18Billionario News Channel earlier reported Aguda's resignation, citing two sources.
00:23The post has since been taken down.
00:24Rumors surfaced after the DICT was criticized over outages and issues in the eGovPH app and the National IDE Verify
00:32platform.
00:33Officials claim this was due to a surge of users and insufficient back-end infrastructure along with alleged budget issues.
00:39Nagtipid po kami ng resources. Kung ano po yung natipid namin sa cloud services namin, yun po yung ginamit po
00:45namin po nang nilaunch po yung Digital National ID.
00:48Senator Bam Aquino replied, saying,
00:50Clearly, that's not acceptable.
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