Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE DIVINA GRACE C. YU and 
REPRESENTATIVE JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks the renewal of the franchise granted to the Association for 
Islamic Development Service Cooperative under Republic Act No. 8090, entitled “AN 
ACT GRANTING THE ASSOCIATION FOR ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO 
BROADCASTING STATION IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR". 
The DXID (1566 AM and 101.5 FM) is a radio station owned and operated by 
the Association for Islamic Development Services Cooperative that aired in 1995 with 
a power of 10,000 watts and a repeater of 1566khz. It was granted its first legislative 
franchise through RA 8090 on July 30, 1995, with licensing authority from the National 
Telecommunications Commission. Serving as the community station for Muslims and 
non-Muslims alike within the provinces of Zamboanga Peninsula, Lanao and 
Maguindanao areas.  The station's studio and FM transmitter is located at the AID 
compound, Purok Arabic, Barangay Banale, Pagadian City. 
DXID is member radio station of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. 
KBP provides its members broadcasting standards for the promotion of professional 
and ethical standards in Philippine radio and television broadcasting. Thus, providing 
broadcast media regulations and guidelines for news, public affairs, religious 
programming and advertising. 
All the programs being broadcasted by the DXID are all geared towards 
spreading their firm beliefs and string adherence to the Qur’an in providing the 
community with; Enhancement, Strength, Encouragement, Inspiration, Education, and 
Information. 
It is therefore imperative that the continuation of this kind of public service be 
given the State’s imprimatur and support. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
REP. DIVINA GRACE C. YU 
1st District, Zamboanga del Sur 
REP. JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
2nd District, Zamboanga del Sur 
September 20, 2023
1:19 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE DIVINA GRACE C. YU and 
REPRESENTATIVE JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
AN ACT 
RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE 
GRANTED TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8090, ENTITLED " AN ACT 
GRANTING THE ASSOCIATION FOR ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO 
BROADCASTING STATION IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR " 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Nature and Scope of Franchise. — Subject to the provisions of the 
Constitution and applicable laws, rules and regulations, there is hereby granted to the 
Association for Islamic Development Service Cooperative, hereunder referred to as 
the grantee, its successors or assigns, a franchise to construct, install, operate and 
maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio broadcasting station 
in the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, with the corresponding technological auxiliaries 
or facilities, special broadcast and other program and distribution services and relay 
stations, and to install radio communication facilities for the grantee's private use in its 
broadcast services. 
SEC. 2. Manner of Operation of Stations or Facilities. — The station or facilities of the 
grantee shall be constructed and operated in a manner as will at most result only in 
the minimum interference on the wavelengths or frequencies of the other existing 
stations or stations which may be established by law, without in any way diminishing 
its own right to use its selected wavelengths or frequencies and the quality of 
transmission or reception thereon and should maximize rendition of the grantee's 
services and/or the availability thereof. 
SEC. 3. Prior Approval of the National Telecommunications Commission. - The 
grantee shall secure from the National Telecommunications Commission the 
appropriate permits and licenses for its station and shall not use any frequency in the 
radio spectrum without having been authorized by the Commission. The Commission, 
however, shall not unreasonably withhold or delay the grant of any such authority. 
SEC. 4. Responsibility to the Public. — The grantee shall provide adequate public 
service time to enable the government, through the said broadcasting station, to reach 
the population on important public issues; provide at all times sound and balanced 
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programming; assist in the functions of public information and education; conform to 
the ethics of honest enterprise; and not use its station for the broadcasting of obscene 
and indecent language, speech, act or scene, or for the dissemination of deliberately 
false information or willful misrepresentation to the detriment of the public interest, or 
to incite, encourage, or assist in subversive or 
treasonable acts. 
 
SEC. 5. Right of Government. — A special right is hereby reserved to the President of 
the Philippines, in times of rebellion, public peril, calamity, emergency, disaster or 
disturbance of peace and order, to temporarily take over and operate the station of the 
grantee, temporarily suspend the operation of any station in the interest of public 
safety, security and public welfare; or to authorize the temporary use and operation 
thereof by any agency of the government, upon due compensation to the grantee, for 
the use of said station during the period when they shall be so operated. 
 
SEC. 6. Term of Franchise. — This franchise shall be for a term of twenty-five (25) 
years from the date of approval of this Act, unless sooner revoked or cancelled. In the 
event the grantee fails to operate continuously for two (2) years, this franchise shall 
be deemed ipso facto revoked. 
 
SEC. 7. Acceptance and Compliance. — This franchise shall become effective upon 
acceptance in writing by the grantee. Upon giving such acceptance, the grantee shall 
exercise the privileges granted under this Act. Nonacceptance shall render the 
franchise void. 
 
SEC. 8. Tax Provisions. — The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall be liable to 
pay the same taxes on their real estate, buildings and personal property, exclusive of 
this franchise, as other persons or corporations are now or hereafter may be required 
by law to pay. In addition thereto, the grantee, its successors or assigns, shall pay a 
franchise tax equivalent to three percent (3%) of all gross receipts of the radio 
business transacted under 
this franchise by the grantee, its successors or assigns: Provided, That the grantee, 
its successors or assigns, shall continue to be liable for income taxes payable under 
Title II of the National Internal Revenue Code pursuant to Section 2 of Executive Order 
No. 72 unless the latter enactment is amended or repealed, in which case the 
amendment or repeal shall be applicable thereto. 
 
The grantee shall file the return with and pay the tax due thereon to the Commissioner 
of Internal Revenue or his duly authorized representatives in accordance with the 
National Internal Revenue Code, and the return shall be subject to audit by the Bureau 
of Internal Revenue. 
 
SEC. 9. Self-regulation by and Undertaking of Grantee. — The grantee shall not 
require any previous censorship of any speech, play, act or scene, or other matter to 
be broadcast from its station: Provided, That the grantee, during any broadcast shall 
cut off from the air the speech, play, act or scene, or other matter being broadcast if 
the tendency thereof is to propose and/ or incite treason, rebellion or sedition; or the 
language used therein or the theme thereof is indecent or immoral, and willful failure 
to do so shall constitute a valid cause for the cancellation of this franchise. 
 


SEC. 10. Warranty in Favor of National and Local Governments. - The grantee shall 
hold the national, provincial, and municipal governments of the Philippines harmless 
from all claims, accounts, demands or actions arising out of accidents or injuries, 
whether to property or to persons, caused by the construction or operation of the 
station of the grantee. 
 
SEC. 11. Sale, Lease, Transfer, Usufruct, etc. - The grantee shall not lease, transfer, 
grant the usufruct of, sell nor assign this franchise or the rights and privileges acquired 
thereunder to any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal 
entity, nor shall the controlling interest of the grantee be transferred to any such private 
person, firm, company, corporation or entity without the prior approval of the Congress 
of the Philippines. Any person or entity to which this franchise is sold, transferred or 
assigned, shall be subject to all the same conditions, terms, restrictions, and limitations 
of this Act. 
 
SEC. 12. General Broadcast Policy Law. — The grantee shall comply with a general 
broadcast policy law which Congress may hereafter enact. 
 
SEC. 13. Separability Clause. — If any of the sections or provisions of this Act is held 
invalid, all the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid. 
 
SEC. 14. Repealability and Nonexclusivity Clause. — This franchise shall be subject 
to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public 
interest so requires and shall not be interpreted as an exclusive grant of the privileges 
herein provided for. 
 
SEC. 15. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date 
of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.