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May 25, 2021 | 8:42 pm
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THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Congress needs to legislate a spectrum user fee (SUF) to ensure the sustainability of telecommunications industry development and improve access to the internet.
At a House hearing Tuesday, Information and Communications Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey R. Caintic said the SUF was on the DICT’s wish list when legislators were discussing the proposed third Bayanihan economic stimulus package. The DICT said the fee can only be imposed by law. The funding generated by the fee will allow more fiber connectivity in remote areas.
“If you will allow us… (to unlock the) spectrum users fee, we will be able to invest in digital infrastructure… so that it is sustainable, economical, and better,” he said, in response to Catanduanes Rep. Hector S. Sanchez’s question on the DICT’s plan to “fiberize” the telecom infrastructure.
House committee approves bill creating 3-year development plan for domestic auto industry
May 24, 2021 | 8:06 pm
A HOUSE committee has approved a bill that will generate a development plan for domestic auto manufacturing, while providing a boost to the auto marts makers suplying it.
On Monday, the House Committee on Trade Industry approved an unnumbered substitute bill to House Bill 1833 or the proposed Philippine Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry Act.
“There is a motion (to approve) the substitute bill, duly seconded and there being no objection, the motion is approved,” according to Navotas City Rep. John Reynald M. Tiangco, the committee’s chairman.
BusinessWorld
May 23, 2021 | 7:40 pm
A LAWMAKER on Sunday pushed for the inclusion of domestic workers, or
kasambahay, under the economic frontline workers group that is next in line for priority vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
In a statement on Sunday, Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose C. Singson, Jr. said household helpers need “immediate protection” and called on the national task force managing the COVID-19 response to consider their addition in the A4 vaccination category.
“I can’t see any valid justification to exclude
kasambahays in the vaccine priority list. If we want families that do not go outside their homes safe from the virus, we should also have our
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House panel approves bill calling for 30-year infrastructure plan
May 19, 2021 | 8:36 pm
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THE HOUSE Committee on Public Works and Highways approved a bill that will require infrastructure programs to be planned for 30 years in advance to minimize disruptions caused by changes in government.
In a hearing Wednesday, the panel approved House Bill 8151, a proposed law to adopt a 30-year National Infrastructure Program.
“There is a motion to approve, subject to amendments,” the committee’s chairman, Romblon Rep. Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona, said during the hearing.
The bill was sponsored by its author, CWS Party-list Rep. Romeo S. Momo, who said if passed, it will ensure the continuity of big-ticket projects when governments change.