Janette Toral — Philippine IT advocate
Posted by Blogie on 9 Apr 2008
I FIRST MET Janette Toral when the city’s IT industry was still young, back in 1998, and I was only beginning to foray into this new arena. Ever since then, Janette has played a part — albeit silently — in the furtherance of Davao IT. Her constant encouragement and support are invaluable even to this day.
In the national scene, her moniker, “Mother of E-commerce”, is very apt. It is for her advocacy of, and direct participation in, the E-Commerce Act. This landmark legislation subsequently became Asia’s first E-Commerce Law (RA No.8792), enacted in June 2000. She is best known, however, for the DigitalFilipino.com Club, which she founded on Christmas Day of 2003. This proactive Internet community is populated by professionals, corporations, entrepreneurs, students and researchers. In Davao City, there are a handful of members; hopefully, our numbers will increase soon.
