Bayan Telecommunications News Today

The Supreme Court says the National Telecommunications Commission has 'full discretion to assess and evaluate applicants to these frequency spectrums'

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…

Two suspected thieves of cable wires owned by Bayan Telecommunications were arrested in Quezon City on Thursday, police reported yesterday.

Published February 18, 2021, 5:31 PM The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition filed by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) which challenged the joint application for the approval of the debt-to-equity transaction involving $131 million between Globe Telecom, Inc. (Globe) and Bayan Telecommunications, Inc. (Bayantel). Supreme Court (SC) (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In its petition, PLDT challenged the 2015 decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) which affirmed the valid...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 18) — The Development Bank of the Philippines did not give the Lopez Group of Companies a free pass from its soured ₱1.6 billion loans in the early 2000s. Dumper PTDA Party-list Rep. Claudine Diana Bautista, who asked for the House inquiry, said the write-off cost the Filipino peoples money. However, the state-owned bank denied writing off the unpaid loans of the Lopez family for its current and former subsidiaries Benpres Holdings, Bayan Te...

(San Miguel Corporation / MANILA BULLETIN) The new laws, recently posted on the Official Gazette, include the franchise renewal of six broadcasting stations, two power companies, one airport development firm, and one race track company. A measure granting San Miguel Aerocity Inc. a franchise to construct, develop, establish, operate and maintain a domestic and international airport in Bulacan has also lapsed into law. Republic Act No. 11506 also allowed the company to build and operate an adjac...