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House plenary vote on ABS-CBN franchise sought

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 08:33 PM

Opposition lawmakers on Saturday called for a plenary vote in the lower chamber on ABS-CBN's failed franchise application, assailing a House panel's decision of denying the media network to resume free-to-air broadcast operations as "mistrial."   Read more »

'PIRMA Kapamilya': Volunteers launch campaign to put ABS-CBN back on air

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 12:54 AM

Through "People's Initiative for Reforms and Movement for Action" or PIRMA Kapamilya, Citizen Volunteers aims to gather 7 million signatures nationwide in order to grant the media giant a "people’s franchise." Read more »

Para sa veteran cameraman, usaping retrenchment matindi pa sa pinagdaanang mga peligro sa trabaho

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 10:58 PM

Sa lahat ng sinuong na panganib para gampanan ang trabaho, ang usapin hinggil sa retrenchment ang pinakamahirap tanggapin para sa beteranong cameraman ng ABS-CBN na si Val Cuenca.    Read more »

ABS-CBN employees say no reason to blame Lopezes for shutdown, layoffs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 11:51 PM

Leaders of ABS-CBN’s employees’ groups on Friday said they don’t see why the company owners should be made responsible for the broadcast network shutting down many of its operations and consequently launching sweeping layoffs. Read more »

Heads of ABS-CBN workers' unions seek Duterte's help for broadcast franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 01:29 AM

MANILA - The leaders of 2 employees' unions in ABS-CBN on Thursday appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to intervene in the renewal of the media network's broadcast franchise for the sake of its workers, many of whom have already been notified about their retrenchment. Read more »

ABS-CBN frequencies can't be given to just anyone, expert says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 05:25 AM

The TV and radio frequencies that had been assigned to the ABS-CBN cannot be allocated to just any individual or entity after the network was denied a fresh franchise by Congress, an expert said Wednesday. Read more »

Batangas solons na bumoto para sa balik-ere ng ABS-CBN, pinuri

Andrew Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 01:25 AM

Pinuri ng ilang alkalde sa Batangas ang 2 mambabatas sa kanilang lalawigan na bumoto para i-renew ang franchise ng ABS-CBN. Read more »

ABS-CBN shares on trading halt after House denies new franchise application

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 09:28 AM

Shares of ABS-CBN Corp and the Philippine Deposit Receipts of ABS-CBN Holdings Corp were on trading halt Monday after the company disclosed that the House Committee on Legislative Franchises denied its application for a new franchise, the stock exchange said.  Read more »

READ: Greenpeace statement on the ABS-CBN franchise rejection

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 12:35 AM

This decision by Congress has shut down a crucial source of information at a time when Filipinos are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

READ: KBP’s statement on the denial of ABS-CBN’s franchise by Congress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 10:54 PM

The KBP will continue to assert its independence as guaranteed by Section 4 of the Bill Rights of our Constitution that states that “no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of the press.”   Read more »

READ: Manila Archdiocese Administrator Broderick Pabillo laments ABS-CBN franchise denial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 08:14 PM

The wicked will not last. God will not allow them. They may win some battles and skirmishes but they will lose the war. Let us not be sad nor be provoked at this bad turn of events. Goodness, truth, and justice will prevail! Read more »

READ: Statement of Solicitor-General Jose Calida on the denial of the renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 06:12 PM

And now, the end has come. Read more »

House committee decision to deny ABS-CBN franchise 'has no basis' - Rodriguez

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 03:49 PM

MANILA – Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Saturday said the decision not give ABS-CBN a new broadcast franchise has no basis.  Read more »

Zarate says technical working group's findings on ABS-CBN franchise ‘worrisome’

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 01:03 PM

MANILA – Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Zarate on Saturday called "worrisome" the findings and conclusions of the technical working group of the House franchise committee, the body that recommended the denial of the ABS-CBN franchise application.    Read more »

Why some ABS-CBN supporters in House couldn’t vote on franchise measure

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 01:58 PM

MANILA - Several lawmakers who expressed support and sponsored bills for a new broadcast franchise for ABS-CBN Corp were not part of the House committee on legislative franchises, the panel that dealt the death blow on the country's largest network in a historic vote on Friday.  Read more »

Legarda explains why she didn’t participate in ABS-CBN franchise vote

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 12:49 AM

The lone district representative of Antique cited "potential conflict of interest" and her authorship of House Bill No. 6293 for her non-participation. Read more »

Abante: ABS-CBN didn't break any laws

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 10:33 PM

Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante said he voted to grant ABS-CBN's franchise bid since regulators who testified in a dozen public hearings said "ABS-CBN had not broken any of the country's laws." Read more »

'Malungkot na araw': Aragones napaluha sa pagbasura sa hiling na prangkisa ng ABS-CBN

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 09:43 PM

MAYNILA – Hindi man naging matagumpay ang hiling na pagbibigay ng prangkisa sa ABS-CBN, nanindigan si Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones na ginawa nila ang lahat para dito.    Read more »

'Hindi ito ang katapusan ng ABS-CBN,' says news chief after House panel denies franchise bid

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 08:14 PM

Denying ABS-CBN a fresh franchise is not the end of the road for the company, the network's news chief said Friday, after a House of Representatives panel junked its bid to resume broadcast operations. Read more »