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                    [ArticleID] => 1302554
                    [Title] => GMA signed, not just witnessed, NBN-ZTE
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She instructed four Cabinet aides to proceed with the NBN and other deals with ZTE Corp., despite forewarnings of anomalies.

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 813801 [Title] => For first time, NBN-4 not covering President's visit to US, UK [Summary] =>

For the first time in history, the government-owned NBN-4 network did not send any news team to cover President Aquino’s official visit to two allies, the United Kingdom and United States, due to lack of funds.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 762945 [Title] => GMA, Abalos face graft raps over ZTE [Summary] =>

Graft cases have been filed with the Sandiganbayan against Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo and two former officials in connection with the aborted $329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal between her administration and ZTE Corp. of China.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 762301 [Title] => Rep. Enrile appeals for NBN-4 workers [Summary] =>

Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile urged President Aquino yesterday to look into the plight of workers in the government-run television station NBN-4 who have not been receiving their basic salaries since November.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745426 [Title] => GSIS suspends benefit grant to gov't TV network employees [Summary] =>

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) had suspended the grant of benefits that include insurance, health, and housing loans to employees of the government-owned television station National Broadcasting Network (NBN) after the firm failed to pay the mandatory monthly contributions worth P20.261 million from July to December last year.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 724252 [Title] => National broadband network can help gov't coffers - DOST chief [Summary] =>

The government stands to save more than a billion pesos annually on Internet connectivity if it pushes through with plans for a national broadband network (NBN), Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 723917 [Title] => P-Noy: No ZTE-type deal under my watch [Summary] =>

There is no way taxpayers will be asked to spend $329 million for a national broadband network (NBN), just as the previous Arroyo administration had tried to do with ZTE Corp. of China, President Aquino said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 722941 [Title] => Lacson wants reexamination of ZTE deal [Summary] =>

Sen. Panfilo Lacson is considering a reexamination of the controversial national broadband network (NBN) deal with ZTE Corp. of China that rocked the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 712559 [Title] => Australian National Broadband Network announces second stage construction sites [Summary] =>

 Australian federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy on Wednesday announced the National Broadband Network (NBN) will begin its second stage rollout construction at six new sites over the next five months.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-03 12:12:58 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 647341 [Title] => How to make the government TV network more relevant [Summary] =>

Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma opened 2011 with positive news that the DoF (Department of Finance) under Secretary Cesar Purisima is spearheading the privatization of long sequestered television networks RPN-9 and IBC-13 and that the funding requirements of the government television network, NBN-4, is already being addressed.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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