NEDA s bid to scrap telcos congressional franchise requirement opposed philstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
THE minority leader of the House of Representatives on Sunday rejected the proposal by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) to scrap the legislative franchise requirement for telecommunications companies. Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan said there is “absolutely no way that Congress will give up its…
Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc is acquiring the stake of PLDT unit Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel) in two firms involved in cable landing stations in the Philippines.
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Eliseo M. Rio Jr., former acting secretary and undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), shared the high points of his decades-long career in the government during the second episode of new podcast IN BETWEEN presented by
Tech Sabado and
Newsbytes.PH.
In particular, Rio recalled his role during the popular uprising, dubbed “Edsa Dos”, that toppled former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada in 2001. Although he had already retired from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in October 2000, Rio revealed that he was part of the military group that orchestrated “text blasting” to foment dissent in public to force Estrada out of power. At that time, he said the military was split into two factions those loyal to Estrada and those who backed Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.