Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 5799)
The main purpose is to grant Commonwealth Foods, Inc. a temporary permit to construct, maintain, and operate various types of private radio stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages in the Philippines.
Commonwealth Foods, Inc., its successors or assigns can hold the temporary permit granted by this Act.
The permit covers private fixed, aeronautical fixed, aeronautical, land mobile/portable based, land mobile/portable coast, ship, survival craft, radio determination, and radio beacon stations.
The permit will be void unless the construction or installation of at least two radio stations is begun within two years from the date of the approval of the Act.
No, the grantee is prohibited from engaging in domestic public telecommunications business in the Philippines under this Act.
No, the grantee shall not charge fees as the radio stations are intended for communications related to its business interests. However, it can allow affiliate companies to use the facilities on a non-profit basis.
The grantee is authorized to operate its radio stations in the very low frequency, low frequency, medium frequency, high frequency, very high frequency, ultra high frequency, super high frequency, and extreme high frequency bands as assigned by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or any licensing authority.
The President of the Philippines has the power and authority to permit the location of the private fixed point-to-point and private coastal radio stations on lands of the public domain under terms prescribed by him.
The grantee must construct and operate its radio stations so as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.
The grantee must hold the national, provincial, and municipal governments harmless from all claims, accounts, demands, or actions arising out of accidents or injuries caused by the construction or operation of its radio stations.
No, the permit is temporary, subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by Congress when the public interest requires, and it is not an exclusive grant of the privilege.
The President may close the grantee's radio stations or authorize their temporary use or possession by any government department upon just compensation during times of war, insurrection, public peril, calamity, or disaster.