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BY GLENN VIDAL BEUP
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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ROXAS City – Capiz governor Antonio del Rosario raised questions on the space occupied by a city-based radio station critical of the provincial government.
Del Rosario asked Mayor Angel Alan Celino for details but the latter refused to provide them, saying the governor was unable make clear the purpose for which he will use the information he wanted.
“We were informed by the Regional Office VI of the NTC (National Telecommunications Commission) that Radyo Todo 97.7 FM is operating under a temporary license permit granted to Philippine Broadcasting Service,” del Rosario wrote Celino on May 17.
Del Rosario requested Celino to provide capitol with the license/permit that the city government issued, if any, and the date covered.
“Is the space occupied by Radyo Todo owned by the radio station? If not, who owns the building/space?” read part of the letter. “If it is not owned by Radyo Todo, is the space they occupy covered by a contract of rent or any arrangement with the owner of the building?”
In response, Celino wrote del Rosario on May 24 that the latter’s letter “does not bear the purpose for which the information you sought shall be used nor state the reason why such information regarding the subject radio station operating under temporary license was conveyed to your office by National Telecommunications Commission.”
“I am therefore requesting from you to relay to us your intention in securing those information relative to Radyo Todo’s operation and its relevance to the information transmitted to your office,” Celino wrote. “Meantime, your interrogatories are hereby referred to the offices concerned.”
Radyo Todo was renting a space owned by the city government.
“Obviously, he (del Rosario) wants us to shut up because Radyo Todo has been very critical of his style of governance,” Station Manager Jonathan Cabrera told this reporter. “He probably thought he can make use of the documents against us.”
“It is public knowledge that Mayor Celino and Governor del Rosario are political rivals, and he (del Rosario) thought Radyo Todo favors Celino,” Cabrera added. “While the space we occupy is owned by the city government, we pay rent. We cannot compromise our principles, and we will continue to be critical of the wrongdoings of any government official.”/PN
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