I-Café Pilipinas

I-Cafe Pilipinas Aims for the Effective Use of Technology in Education

For the first time a representative of the internet cafe industry joins the national forum of the network of civil society that is pushing for reforms in education in the Philippines. “The Education for All Challenge 2015 – Dialogue on the Millennium Development Goals and Education for All” organized by the UNESCO Commission in the Philippines (UNACOM) and the Civil Society Network for Education Reforms, also known as E-Net Philippines was held last September 1, 2010 at the Department of Foreign Affairs building with Department of Education Secretary Bro. Armin A. Luistro as the keynote speaker.

In the open forum that was held after the presentations, I-Cafe Pilipinas representative Mr. Gener Luis Morada, noted that there are a lot of initiatives being made to improve the curriculum and the classroom student ratio by the different civil society organizations but it seems that not much importance is given to the effective use of technology in education. He noted that there are a lot of initiatives being made by different organizations but it has not been very effective due to lack of an organized thrust and a national program on how these technologies could be used effectively in education. He informed the participants of the willingness on the part of the internet cafe owners provide inputs and cooperate fully with the Department of Education in forming a national framework on the effective use of technology in education with the internet cafes serving as access points for teachers and students. [Read More . . .]

Isang Taon na Ang I-Cafe Pilipinas

I-Café Pilipinas Meets New CICT Head

I-Café Pilipinas represented by its Chairman Edgardo C. Zafra and PRO Arthur Gimena met with the new Chairman of Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), Atty. Ivan John Uy. The courtesy call happened during the break in the Strategic Communication Planning Workshop for Philippine Community eCenter Program attended by the I-Café Pilipinas representatives last on August 11, 2010 at the Innovative Solutions Laboratory, CICT-NCC Building in Diliman, Quezon City. The short meeting was cordial and meaningful in terms of possible collaboration between CICT and I-Café Pilipinas regarding the participation of Internet cafés in the Community eCenter (CeC) program of the government.

I-Café Pilipinas as the national advocacy body for the Internet café industry in the country is recognized by CICT and a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) was signed between them in a ceremony held at the CICT-NCC [Read More . . .]

I-Café Pilipinas, PayMyCafe Sign MoU

I-Café Pilipinas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PayMyCafe during the soft launching of Pilipinas I-Café Consumer Cooperative last July 28, 2010 at Philippine Trade Training Center in Pasay City. The MoU provides for the collaboration in the roll-out and implementation of the business model of PayMyCafe through road shows and events to be organized by I-Café Pilipinas. The promotion and adoption of the PayMyCafe business opportunities by Internet café owners will be carried out through their local Internet café associations. The collaborative effort is in line with the initiative of I-Café Pilipinas to look for business models that could augment the present income of i-cafés.

PayMyCafe with its business of pre-selling Internet café time to its customers in the United States of America and other parts of the world is looking for individual Internet café owners with whom it need to tie-up and pay for the computer rent of the local beneficiaries of its pre-sold Internet café time. The start-up [Read More . . .]