The Senate committee on public information and mass media chaired by Sen. Grace Poe has approved in principle legislative measures seeking to amend Republic Act No. 53, as amended -- also called the Shield or Sotto Law that protects print journalists from revealing their sources -- to include broadcast and online media practitioners.
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary Rodolfo A. Salalima said putting up the national broadband network would cost from P77 billion to P199 billion.