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National Telecommunications Commission
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC; ) is the telecommunications regulator of the Philippines. It is an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology responsible for the supervision, adjudication and control over all telecommunications services and radio and television networks throughout the country. History The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) was created under Executive Order No. 546 promulgated on July 23, 1979, and conferred with regulatory and quasi-judicial functions taken over from the Board of Communications and the Telecommunications Control Bureau, which were abolished in the same Order. Primarily, the NTC is the sole body that exercises jurisdiction over the supervision, adjudication and control over all telecommunications services and television networks throughout the country. For the effective enforcement of this responsibility, it adopts and promotes guidelines, rules, and regulations on the establishme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Broadcasting And Telecommunications Commission
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC, ), served by its operating body the Office of the NBTC, is an independent regulatory agency of Thailand. It is responsible for overseeing the country's broadcast and telecommunications industries, especially the regulation of radio frequencies. The origins of the NBTC stem from the 1997 constitution of Thailand, 1997 constitution, which envisioned transmission frequencies as a public resource to be regulated by an independent body serving the public interest. Parliamentary acts issued in 2000 in accordance with the constitution called for the creation of a National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and a National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to serve the roles. However, the appointment of the commissions was subject to much political manoeuvring, and the NTC had not been established when the 2006 Thai coup d'état, 2006 coup repealed the constitution. The 2007 Constitution of Thailand, 2007 constitution instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shutdown Of ABS-CBN Broadcasting
The shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting arose from the lack of renewal of Philippine media network ABS-CBN's congressional broadcast franchise. The disputes between the administrations of Presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte and the media conglomerate arose over the terms and conditions of the franchise renewal agreement. Amid the controversy, the Congress of the Philippines, the country's legislature, was unable to renew the franchise before its expiration date. The congressional franchise expired on May 4, 2020, while the Philippines was dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The next day, exercising constitutional powers, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting operations immediately. ABS-CBN complied with the government order and shut down all of its radio stations and free television channels late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regulation In The Philippines
Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For example: * in government, typically regulation (or its plural) refers to the delegated legislation which is adopted to enforce primary legislation; including land-use regulation * in economy: regulatory economics * in finance: financial regulation * in business, industry self-regulation occurs through self-regulatory organizations and trade associations which allow industries to set and enforce rules with less government involvement; and, * in biology, gene regulation and metabolic regulation allow living organisms to adapt to their environment and maintain homeostasis; * in psychology, self-regulation theory is the study of how individuals regulate their thoughts and behaviors to reach goals. Forms Regulation in the social, politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of transmission may be divided into communication channels for multiplexing, allowing for a single medium to transmit several concurrent communication sessions. Long-distance technologies invented during the 20th and 21st centuries generally use electric power, and include the telegraph, telephone, television, and radio. Early telecommunication networks used metal wires as the medium for transmitting signals. These networks were used for telegraphy and telephony for many decades. In the first decade of the 20th century, a revolution in wireless communication began with breakthroughs including those made in radio communications by Guglielmo Marconi, who won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics. Other early pioneers in electrical and electronic tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Censorship In The Philippines
In the Philippines, censorship involves the suppression of certain information on print media, broadcast media, film, and the internet. Background History Spanish colonial period Although considered widespread by various American and Filipino scholars, the level of censorship varied depending on the sitting Governor-General of the Philippines, Governor General. Noted publications banned by the colonial authorities were the ''Noli Me Tángere (novel), Noli Me Tángere'' and ''El filibusterismo'' novels of José Rizal which were critical of the Spanish colonial government and the church. From 1857 to 1883, the Spanish largely regulated the press in the Philippines through the Rules of Printing Matters (''Reglamento de Asuntos de Imprenta'') under which newspapers were required to obtain a license from the government. This was followed by the Printing Order or ''Gullón'' (De policía de imprenta o Gullón) in 1883 by the Liberal Spanish government at the time which led to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Information And Communications Technology (Philippines)
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) () is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the planning, development and promotion of the country's information and communications technology (ICT) agenda in support of national development. History Predecessor The Commission on Information and Communications Technology, a preceding agency, was created on January 12, 2004, by virtue of Executive Order No. 269, signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, as a transitory measure to the creation of a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The CICT was composed of the National Computer Center (NCC), the Telecommunications Office (TELOF), and all other operating units of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) dealing with communications. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) were also attached to the CICT for policy coordinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer In Charge (Philippines)
The position of Officer in Charge (OIC) in the context of Philippine governance refers to an official serving their position in an interim or temporary basis or even as the Caretaker or Custodian of the office. The position of OIC is distinct to an official serving in an "Acting" capacity. Local government units The local chief executive in local government units (e.g. the governor of province, mayor of a municipality or city, and barangay), according to the implementing rules and regulations of the Local Government Code of 1991 may designate an Officer in Charge (OIC) whenever they travel outside the area of their jurisdiction but still within the Philippines for a period not exceeding three consecutive days. The OIC of the local chief executive office is to be appointed in writing with duties to be performed by the temporary official also specified excluding powers to appoint, dismiss, or suspend government employees. The functions of the OIC is limited to powers involving admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamaliel Cordoba
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba is a Filipinos, Filipino lawyer who was the longest-serving Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 until 2022. He is currently the Chairperson (the equivalent of Auditor-General) of the Commission on Audit (Philippines), Commission on Audit (COA) replacing former Solicitor General of the Philippines, Solicitor General Jose Calida. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on November 29, 2022. Cordoba at present also serves as External Auditor of the International Labour Organization. Cordoba was one of the key figures in the ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy, 2020 shutdown of ABS-CBN and the denial of its franchise renewal, as well as the 2022 termination of ABS-CBN and TV5 (Philippine TV network), TV5's partnership deal. The Supreme Court of the Philippines, Supreme Court upheld the decision to terminate ABS-CBN's franchise with the en banc unanimously voting to junk the petition question ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliseo Rio Jr
Eliseo, the Spanish or Italian form of Elisha, may refer to: * Eliseo Alberto (1951–2011), Cuban-born Mexican writer, novelist, essayist and journalist * Eliseo Castillo (born 1975), professional boxer *Eliseo Grenet (1893–1950), Cuban pianist and a leading composer/arranger * Eliseo Martín (born 1973), Aragonese Spanish long-distance runner * Eliseo Medina (born 1946), labor activist involved in proposals for U.S. national immigration reform * Eliseo Payán (1825–1895), Colombian lawyer, politician, and military officer * Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Cuban-American physician-scientist *Eliseo Quintanilla (born 1983), Salvadoran football (soccer) player * Eliseo Rivero (born 1957), former Uruguayan footballer * Eliseo Salazar (born 1954), racing driver from Chile * Eliseo Soriano (1947–2021), Presiding Minister of the Members Church of God International until his death in 2021 *Eliseo Subiela Eliseo Alberto Subiela (December 27, 1944 – December 25, 2016) was an Argentine f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Santiago
Joseph A. Santiago (born December 19, 1964) is a Filipino politician. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, he has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Lone District of Catanduanes. First elected in 2001, he was re-elected in 2004 and 2007. A graduate of the San Beda College of Law, Santiago was formerly an executive with the Pilipino Telephone Corporation. In 1998, he was appointed by President Joseph Estrada as Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission, and he served in that capacity until his election to Congress. From 1997 to 1998, Santiago served as team manager of the Mobiline Cellulars professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Philippines
The president of the Philippines (, sometimes referred to as ) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The president is Direct election, directly elected by the Filipinos, citizens of the Philippines and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials, the other being the vice president of the Philippines. However, four vice presidents have assumed the presidency without having been elected to the office, by virtue of a president's intra-term death or resignation. Filipinos generally refer to their president as ''pangulo'' or ''presidente'' in their local language. The president is limited to a single six-year term. According to Article 7 Section 4 of the Philippine 1987 Constitution, the president "shall not be eligible for any reelection" and that, "no person who has succeeded as pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DZMM
DZMM (630 AM) Radyo Patrol is a radio station owned by Philippine Collective Media Corporation and operated conjointly with ABS-CBN Corporation under Media Serbisyo Production Corporation. The station's studios is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, corner of Mother Ignacia St., Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, while its transmitter is located along F. Navarette St., Brgy. Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan. DZMM is also simulcast via The Filipino Channel and also has a television channel named ''DZMM TeleRadyo'' (on livestreaming, cable and satellite, and digital TV via PRTV Prime Media) where the studio and hosts of its programs can be seen by its listeners and viewers. Selected programming is also simulcasted on FM Radio (FMR) regional stations nationwide. Formerly the flagship news AM radio station of ABS-CBN since its founding in 1953 (with Radio Philippines Network operating the station from 1973 to 1986), DZMM initially ceased broadca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
