Neri pleads not guilty to graft charges over ZTE-NBN mess

Neri pleads not guilty to graft charges over ZTE-NBN mess
Former socio-economic secretary Romulo Neri on Friday pleaded not guilty to graft charges he is facing before the Sandiganbayan in connection with the government’s botched 9-million national broadband network project with a Chinese firm. Neri’s lawyer said his client is not interested in turning into a state witness, or to be a member of the soon-to-be-formed Truth Commission.
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Rais asks telcos to impose minimal charges for broadband facility
CYBERJAYA: The Information Communication and Culture Ministry has called on telecommunication companies to impose minimal charges to encourage people to subscribe to broadband facilities and help achieve the 50% broadband penetration by the year end.He said that as of July 7, the penetration rate was 37.7% with 2.3 million household…
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