MILLIONS of mobile phone subscribers in the country could have benefitted from the law mandating all telecommunications companies to send free alerts during disasters had the government fully implemented it.

Republic Act 10639 or the Free Mobile Disasters Alerts Act (RA 10639) was signed into law by President Benigno Aquino 3rd on June 20, 2014. However, it has yet to be implemented because of the failure of concerned government agencies to finish the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) that would guide the telecommunications companies in executing the law.

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