Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 511)
The Bolinao Electronics Corporation is granted the temporary permit under Republic Act No. 511.
The Corporation is authorized to construct, maintain, and operate stations for international telecommunication (excluding domestic telecommunication) and stations for television in the Philippines.
The construction of at least one international telecommunication or one television station must begin within two years from the approval date of the Act and be completed within four years from that date.
The grantee must provide adequate public service time for the Government to reach the population on important public issues, assist in public information and education functions, conform to honest enterprise ethics, and avoid broadcasting obscene, indecent, false, or subversive content.
As far as practicable, provisions from Act Numbered 3846 (regulation of radio stations), Act Numbered 3997 (Radio Broadcasting Law), Commonwealth Act No. 146 (Public Service Act), and their amendments apply to the stations.
The grantee shall file a bond of fifty thousand pesos to guarantee full compliance with the conditions of the temporary permit.
Any more favorable terms granted to a competing entity shall ipso facto become part of the terms of the original grantee's permit and benefit them equally.
The grantee must pay the same taxes on its real estate, buildings, and personal property as other persons or corporations under the law, excluding the temporary permit.
If the Government desires to maintain and operate any of the authorized stations itself, the grantee shall turn over the stations with all serviceable equipment at cost less reasonable depreciation.
No, the grantee is not required to enforce prior censorship but may cut off a broadcast if it tends to incite treason, rebellion, sedition, or uses indecent or immoral language.
No, the grantee cannot lease, transfer, sell, assign, or merge the permit or acquired rights without prior approval from the Congress of the Philippines.
The acquiring corporation or entity becomes subject to the same corporation laws and all conditions, terms, restrictions, and limitations of the original permit as if the permit was originally granted to them.