TACLOBAN CITY – A resolution seeking to regulate the construction of cellular sites here in Leyte was forwarded to the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for first reading.
The proposed ordinance is entitled as “An ordinance regulating the construction and maintenance of cellular towers and base stations o cellular mobile telephone service (CMTS) providers and other telecommunication companies within the territorial boundaries of the province of Leyte, providing for penalties for violation thereof and for other purposes.”
The ordinance was authored by first district Board Member Roque Tiu, the chairman of the committee on environment and natural resources.
This was in response to the complaints of cell sites mushrooming in the province of Leyte and a result of the public hearing called by his committee last year.
“Although there are no harmful effects to human health with regards to the radiation coming from cell sites, what we wanted to do is to regulate them,” Tiu explained when he was asked regarding his ordinance.
“Some contractors and owners of these cell sites are not complying or following what are mandated by our law, that is why it was proposed to us to continue with this ordinance when we conducted the public hearing,” Tiu added.
Among the requirements that contractors failed to meet was securing a mayor’s permit.
In response, the Departmnt of Health, Department of Transportation and Communication and the National Telecommunication Communication sent their respective representatives with regards the matter.
Based on the public hearing, it was learned that radiation from cellular sites ha no harmful effects to human health as the radiation emitted by cell sites tower are non-iodizing radiation
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