RODOLFO VILLARICA, who is called the “Father of the Philippine Internet,” gave a very interesting speech last night during the Philippine Internet Commerce Society’s 5th National E-Commerce Congress and Exhibit, which was also a celebration of the 13th anniversary of the Internet in the Philippines.
Villarica recounted the chain of events that eventually launched the Philippines into cyberspace, and paid tribute to two individuals who gave invaluable support but whom he had previously failed to acknowledge for their role in making this dream a reality.
Villarica also hailed the efforts of the late Ricardo Gloria, the former education secretary who played a key role in bringing the Internet to the Philippines.
Here’s a video clip of Villarica’s speech from our YouTube channel.
Villarica, a Cebuano, quipped that even as Ferdinand Magellan discovered Cebu, Cebu brought the world to the Philippines via the Internet.
Hmm, 13 years of the Philippine Internet. Let’s hope that won’t prove to be an unlucky number, heh. I’m not superstitious — are you?
March 17th, 2007 at 8:52 am
First of all, I would like to thanks those people who brought Internet in our country. It has a long process before a man can proclaime that he/she is a father of this and that. To prove this it should be supported with reliable and genuine documents. Well in my opinion, the Father of Philippine Internet maybe referred to as the Pioneer of Philippine Internet. Please correct me if Im wrong.
March 17th, 2007 at 2:45 am
[...] Joey Alarilla, who took this video of Dr. Villarica’s speech, hopes thirteen doesn’t turn out to be an unlucky number. I do not share that hope. The thirteenth year of Philippine cyberspace, the year twenty million Filipinos go online, will bring apocalyptic amounts of bad luck — to n00bs. Share This Close [...]
March 17th, 2007 at 1:31 am
It’ll be unlucky for n00bs.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
can we refrain from calling people —- father of this … cebu brought the phils to the internet … even among techies, we cant seem to run out of politicians — who claims that “this internet is the project of Villarica, a Cebuana”. Self-referencing is a disease. Let time be the judge of that.