Section 6, Col. 4

Santa Klaws, Pampanga -- A small, pirate-run cable TV company was closed down by operatives of the local media regulatory agency here yesterday afternoon after they received a tip from, of all sources, a hardware store clerk. Jessie Marie Hosep, an employee of Hope Ya Day Sun Hardware, located in Brgy. Poblacion, Santa Klaws, said he was going through the store’s quarterly inventory when he noticed an unusual total for co-axial cable purchases. Upon further investigation, Hosep discovered what he thought was an inordinate amount of bulk cable orders. He reported this to his manager, Robertson Lee, who thought it best to ask the authorities to look into the matter. The paper trail eventually led to Power Cable, Inc., a local CATV provider who representatives of the Baranggay Media Board discovered had been operating without the needed permits and licenses for the past 12 years.