{"id":274262,"date":"2020-11-06T00:55:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T05:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=274262"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:47:26","slug":"over-2k-telco-tower-permits-approved-by-lgus-dilg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/06\/over-2k-telco-tower-permits-approved-by-lgus-dilg\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 2K telco tower permits approved by LGUs: DILG"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_178560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178560\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tower-820001_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178560\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tower-820001_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tower-820001_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tower-820001_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tower-820001_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tower-820001_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A\u00f1o said the telecommunication companies no longer have a reason for the delay in improving their capacities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/dschnur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/dschnur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 More than 2,000 permits and clearances to build cell towers filed by telecommunications companies have so far been approved by local government units (LGUs), Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n<p>In a televised Cabinet meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night, A\u00f1o said for the past two weeks, an additional 815 applications for cell tower construction have been approved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo total\u00a0<em>po,<\/em>\u00a02,082\u00a0<em>na ang na<\/em>-approve\u00a0<em>natin na mga<\/em>\u00a0telco tower (applications)\u00a0<em>mula po noong ipinag-utos niyo ito. At mayroon pong<\/em>\u00a0637 pending applications. So<em>\u00a0ito po \u2018yung aasikasuhin namin<\/em>\u00a0(In total, we have approved 2,082 telco tower applications since you have ordered this. There are 637 pending applications. We are now working on these),\u201d A\u00f1o told the President.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, A\u00f1o said the LGUs have complied with the order of Duterte to fast-track the process for the construction of cell towers to boost the telecommunication companies\u2019 cellular and internet services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy phenergan online <a href=\"https:\/\/dschnur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/phenergan.html\">https:\/\/dschnur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/phenergan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He said the application process had already been shortened to 16 days and the required permits were also cut down which made it for the telecommunication companies easier to comply.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o said the telecommunication companies no longer have a reason for the delay in improving their capacities.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines currently has 17,850 cell sites according to the 2019 3rd Quarter Report by TowerXChange, an informal network advisor in the market tower industry worldwide.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy deltasone online <a href=\"https:\/\/dschnur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/deltasone.html\">https:\/\/dschnur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/deltasone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Information and Communications Technology earlier said the country needs at least 50,000 more cell towers to improve services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 More than 2,000 permits and clearances to build cell towers filed by telecommunications companies have so far been approved &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":178560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287595,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274262\/revisions\/287595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}