DAVAO CITY—City Administrator lawyer Zuleika Lopez has banned online games Pokemon Go, Dota and other mobile applications in the city hall building.
Lopez issued the order just after the building was given free internet access under the Juan Konek project of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT).
The memorandum was addressed to all local government employees, ordering them to refrain from using social networking and online shopping sites during office hours.
Among the restricted sites are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Lazada.
“Even more so, playing games such as Pokemon Go, Candy Crush, Dota as well as blogging, downloading and watching videos (are prohibited),” the memo read.
Last Friday, the City hall became a Wi-Fi hotspot along with the different parks of the city.
The free Wi-Fi covers the People’s Park, Osmeña and Rizal parks under a joint project of the City Government and the DICT.
With the free Wi-Fi, people can enjoy 100 megabytes of data for free.
The project was launched a week before the 31st Kadayawan festival of the city.
It is also in line with the city’s vision to make the entire city a Wi-Fi free city in the coming years.