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PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE HEARING: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon fields questions to officials from the Contel Communications Inc., during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Services headed by acting chairperson Senator Serge Osmeña III on House Bill No 4507, which renews the company's franchise to construct, maintain, and operate radiotelephone stations within the country held on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. The proposed HBN 4507 would allow the transmission and reception of radio communications by Contel's radiotelephone stations for another 25 years. (PRIB Photo by: Cesar Tomambo/ September 8, 2015)