Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 1878)
The Santa Mesa Equipment Corporation, its successors or assigns, is granted the temporary permit.
The permittee is authorized to construct, maintain, and operate private fixed point-to-point, coastal, aeronautical, land based, and land mobile radio stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages.
Construction or installation of the stations must begin within two years from the date of approval of the Act and be completed within three years.
The permit remains in force as long as the government has not established a similar service at the places selected by the grantee.
No, the grantee shall not charge fees as the stations are for communications regarding the grantee’s business only.
The grantee must construct and operate its radio stations so as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations in the Philippines.
The grantee shall hold national, provincial, city, and municipal governments harmless from claims, accounts, demands, or actions arising from accidents or injuries caused by the construction or operation of its radio stations.
The grantee must file a bond amounting to fifty thousand pesos to ensure full compliance with the permit’s conditions.
No, not without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines. Any such transfer or assignment is subject to existing corporation laws and conditions of the permit.
In times of war, insurrection, public peril, emergency, calamity, or disaster, the President may close the radio stations or authorize their temporary use or possession by any government department upon payment of just compensation.
No, the permit is not an exclusive grant and may be amended, altered, or repealed by Congress as public interest requires.