'Maniningil ang kasaysayan': ABS-CBN franchise denial sweeps PH trends on Twitter

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/07/06/20200710-abs-employees-reax-jc-5663.jpg' ><figcaption>ABS-CBN employees turn emotional and hug each other at the network's main newsroom in Quezon City after the House Committee on Legislative Franchises denied, in a 70-11 vote, its bid for a broadcast franchise on Friday. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The 2022 elections as well as the phrase, "Maniningil ang kasaysayan," were among the top Twitter trends in the Philippines on Friday, as the country's largest broadcast network ABS-CBN was denied a fresh 25-year franchise by Congress.</p><p>The vote of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises effectively shuts down ABS-CBN for good, over two months since it was issued a cease-and-desist order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) over an expired franchise.</p><p>ABS-CBN had been trying to renew its franchise since 2014, but faced several roadblocks, especially under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, who had repeatedly promised to close it down.</p><p>Within an hour of the House panel decision on Friday, terms related to the ABS-CBN franchise swept the top 10 trending topics on Twitter locally.</p><div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/07/10/0710trends.png' ><figcaption>Terms related to the ABS-CBN swept local trends on Twitter on Friday, following the House panel decision denying the network a 25-year franchise. Screenshot</figcaption></figure></div><p>Notably, #Halalan2022 was only second to #NOtoABSCBNFranchiseDenial, with a flood of tweets vowing to vote in the next elections, many of which included the list of lawmakers who voted for or against granting ABS-CBN a new franchise.</p><p>Aside from the campaign hashtags in support of ABS-CBN, and the call to #DefendPressFreedom, notable phrases that ranked in the list were, "Remember this day," and, "Maniningil ang kasaysayan."</p><p>The latter was from a statement of opposition senator Risa Hontiveros, who urged Filipinos to "speak out against this outrageous act of political persecution."</p>

<p>Within an hour of the House panel decision on Friday, terms related to the ABS-CBN franchise swept the top 10 trending topics on Twitter locally.</p><div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/07/10/0710trends.png' ><figcaption>Terms related to the ABS-CBN swept local trends on Twitter on Friday, following the House panel decision denying the network a 25-year franchise. Screenshot</figcaption></figure></div><p>Notably, #Halalan2022 was only second to #NOtoABSCBNFranchiseDenial, with a flood of tweets vowing to vote in the next elections, many of which included the list of lawmakers who voted for or against granting ABS-CBN a new franchise.</p><p>Aside from the campaign hashtags in support of ABS-CBN, and the call to #DefendPressFreedom, notable phrases that ranked in the list were, "Remember this day," and, "Maniningil ang kasaysayan."</p><p>The latter was from a statement of opposition senator Risa Hontiveros, who urged Filipinos to "speak out against this outrageous act of political persecution."</p>

<p>The vote of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises effectively shuts down ABS-CBN for good, over two months since it was issued a cease-and-desist order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) over an expired franchise.</p><p>ABS-CBN had been trying to renew its franchise since 2014, but faced several roadblocks, especially under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, who had repeatedly promised to close it down.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/07/06/20200710-abs-employees-reax-jc-5663.jpg' ><figcaption>ABS-CBN employees turn emotional and hug each other at the network's main newsroom in Quezon City after the House Committee on Legislative Franchises denied, in a 70-11 vote, its bid for a broadcast franchise on Friday. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The 2022 elections as well as the phrase, "Maniningil ang kasaysayan," were among the top Twitter trends in the Philippines on Friday, as the country's largest broadcast network ABS-CBN was denied a fresh 25-year franchise by Congress.</p>

<p>The 2022 elections as well as the phrase, "Maniningil ang kasaysayan," were among the top Twitter trends in the Philippines on Friday, as the country's largest broadcast network ABS-CBN was denied a fresh 25-year franchise by Congress.</p>

The 2022 elections as well as the phrase, "Maniningil ang kasaysayan," were among the top Twitter trends in the Philippines on Friday, as the country's largest broadcast network ABS-CBN was denied a fresh 25-year franchise by Congress.

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'Maniningil ang kasaysayan': ABS-CBN franchise denial sweeps PH trends on Twitter

'Maniningil ang kasaysayan': ABS-CBN franchise denial sweeps PH trends on Twitter