The Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (PT&T) is a telecommunications services provider in the Philippines since its establishment in 1962. The company caters to corporate,small/medium business,and residential segments across the country. PT&T's business is categorized into two major services:Connectivity and IT Services.
Globe Telecom,Inc.,commonly shortened as Globe,is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines. The company operates the largest mobile network in the Philippines and one of the largest fixed-line and broadband networks. As of November 2023,Globe has 54.7 million subscribers,making it the second largest network in terms of subscriber base.
Smart Communications Inc.,commonly referred to as Smart,is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc.,a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. As of November 2023,it is currently the largest mobile network with 55.2 million subscribers.
Internet in the Philippines first became available on March 29,1994,10:18 a.m.,with the Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connecting the country and its people to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link. As of February 2023,there are 85.16 million internet users in the country,where internet penetration stood at 73.1% of the total population.
Teodoro "Teddy Boy" Lopez Locsin Jr. is a Filipino politician,diplomat,lawyer,and former journalist who is currently serving as the Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom since August 30,2022. He previously served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Duterte administration from 2018 to 2022. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010,representing the 1st district of Makati and later served as the Philippine ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. He was the host of the editorial segment titled "Teditorial" for ANC's nightly newscast The World Tonight.
Ramón Pereyra Jacinto,best known by his initials RJ,is a Filipino businessman,musician and radio TV personality. He previously served as Undersecretary for Government Digital Broadcast Television and the Digitization of the Entertainment Industry Sector in Department of Information and Communications Technology. He is also the founder and chairman of Philippine rock-and-roll radio station DZRJ and the Rajah Broadcasting Network.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2016. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
Rodrigo Duterte's six-year tenure as the 16th President of the Philippines began on June 30,2016,succeeding Benigno Aquino III. He was the first president from Mindanao,the first president to have worked in all three branches of government,and the oldest to be elected. He won the election amid growing frustration with post-EDSA governance that favored elites over ordinary Filipinos. His tenure ended on June 30,2022.
Vitaliano "Vit" Napeñas Aguirre II is a Filipino lawyer serving as a commissioner of the National Police Commission from January 11,2021 to June 30,2022. He previously served as Secretary of Justice under the Duterte administration from 2016 until his resignation in 2018,and vice president and chief legal counsel of Clark Development Corporation under former President Benigno Aquino III. He gained wide public attention in 2012 during the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona when he was cited for contempt after he was caught covering his ears while being lectured by the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.
The Philippine drug war,known as the War on Drugs,is the intensified anti-drug campaign that began during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte,who served office from June 30,2016,to June 30,2022. The campaign reduced drug proliferation in the country,but has been marred by extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by the police and unknown assailants. By 2022,it is estimated by human rights organizations that more than 20,000 civilians have been killed in "anti-drug operations" carried out by the government and its supporters.
Salvador "Sal" San Buenaventura Panelo is a Filipino lawyer who served as President Rodrigo Duterte's Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (2016–2021) and Presidential Spokesperson (2018–2020). He was also the legal adviser during Duterte's 2016 presidential campaign. As a private lawyer,he has handled cases involving politicians and other controversial personalities. He is a former director of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation (PHILCOMSAT) is a telecommunications company based in Makati,Metro Manila,Philippines. Its main teleport is in the province of Rizal.
Eliseo Mijares Rio Jr. is a Filipino retired brigadier general and electronics engineer who is the former Undersecretary for Operations of the Philippines' Department of Information and Communications Technology and once headed the department under the Duterte administration from 2017 to 2019 as Officer-in-charge.
A bidding was held in November 2018 to determine the prospective third major telecommunications service provider in the Philippines which is meant by the Philippine government to compete with the existing duopoly of PLDT,Inc.–Smart Communications and Globe Telecom.
DITO Telecommunity Corporation,formerly known as Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company,Inc. or Mislatel is a telecommunications company in the Philippines which is also engaged in the business of multimedia and information technology. It is a consortium of DITO CME Holdings Corporation,a subsidiary of the Udenna Corporation which is owned by Davao businessman Dennis Uy,and China Telecommunications Corporation,a state-owned enterprise of the government of mainland China and a parent company of China Telecom.
Now Telecom Company,Inc. is a telecommunications firm based in the Philippines. The company provides broadband and fiber-optic communication services to upper-class residential and commercial areas in Metro Manila under the Now Fiber Air brand. The firm,along with Now Corporation and News and Entertainment Network Corporation (NEWSNET),formed the unified Now Network service.
The Secretary of the Information and Communications Technology is the member of the Cabinet in charge of the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba is a Filipino lawyer who was the longest-serving Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 until 2022. He is currently the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) replacing former Solicitor General Jose Calida. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on November 29,2022.
