Duterte ‘ ashamed’ over internet mogul’s comment on PH connection, says tech official

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte told Chinese billionaire Jack Ma that he was embarrassed over the poor internet connection in the country after the tycoon said that Philippine internet was “no good”, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

"He (Jack Ma) made that comment and the President answered that this is one thing that he is ashamed of," Elisio Rio Jr., DICT undersecretary for special concerns, told The Manila Times.