MANILA, Philippines — Telco start-up Dito Telecommunity has gone on a hiring spree of former military personnel in the hopes of easing and even erasing spying concerns due to its Chinese partner amid a territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
During a media briefing on Thursday, Dito chief technology officer Rodolfo Santiago disclosed that at least eight other former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officers were working for the company and they were looking to hire more. Santiago, one of Dito’s earliest employees and a retired major general himself, said that the company had tapped a former colonel, Roleen del Prado, to head cybersecurity.
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