Voting 216-0 with no abstention, the lower chamber passed House Bill No. 7652 or the ?Mobile Number Portability Act? which is set to institutionalize Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in the country.
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, in an interview with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, said that he will be taking over the decision on the selection of the third telco player if this will not be resolved at the soonest possible time.