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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 78 -
DEACTIVATION OF THE MUNICIPAL TELEPHONE PROJECTS OFFICE
WHEREAS,
Republic Act No. 6849 dated 8 February 1990 provided for the
installation, operation and maintenance of public telephones in each
and every municipality in the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the Municipal Telephone Projects Office (MTPO), created under
the Department of Transportation and Communications to administer the
provisions of RA 6849, has a life not exceeding ten years, starting
February 1990;
WHEREAS, the Telecommunications Office of the DOTC is mandated to
provide, among others, telecommunications services in areas where no
such services are available and assist the private sector engage in
telecommunications services;
WHEREAS, the MTPO was given zero allocation under the 1999 General
Appropriations Act and has scaled down its operations in view thereof;
WHEREAS, there is need to ensure continued provision of
telecommunications services to the countrysides;
WHEREAS, there is need to rationalize the functions and programs
relative to the provision of telephone services in the countryside;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
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Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-nine.
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