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Quezon City to lose 'quite a lot' with ABS-CBN shutdown: mayor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 10:58 AM

Quezon City will lose "quite a lot" in revenue and advocacy support due to the broadcast shutdown of ABS-CBN Corp, which she said is part of the urban center's branding, Mayor Joy Belmonte said Monday.    Read more »

'Paano pamilya nila?': Bagong hanapbuhay, palaisipan para sa mga nawalan ng trabaho dahil sa kinitil na ABS-CBN franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 02:09 PM

Hindi pa tiyak ang mga miyembro ng ABS-CBN regional offices kung paano nila itataguyod ang kanilang mga pamilya sa gitna ng coronavirus pandemic matapos silang matanggal sa trabaho dahil sa pagkitil ng Kongreso sa prangkisa ng istasyon, ibinahagi ng isang reporter, Biyernes.  Read more »

Lawmaker repeats Duterte advice: Just sell ABS-CBN

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 17 12:54 PM

A lawmaker on Friday urged owners of ABS-CBN Corp. to "just sell" the network, the same advice floated by President Rodrigo Duterte last December 2019 before lawmakers rejected network's franchise application. Read more »

Lawmaker denies gov't wants to seize ABS-CBN assets

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 17 11:17 AM

The government does not want to sequester the facilities of ABS-CBN Corp and use these for the remote learning of students during the pandemic, a lawmaker said Friday.    Read more »

Duterte says he wants 'helpful friends' to get rich; Palace denies it's cronyism

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 04:07 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte was referring to "the business community in general" when he said he wanted his "helpful friends" to get rich, Malacañang said Wednesday as it denied that country's top leader was practicing cronyism.  Read more »

'I am Kapamilya,' Duterte spox says after flak on 'move on' comment on slain franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 12:45 PM

Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque on Wednesday told supporters of ABS-CBN Corp that he was "one of you" after he drew flak for urging the public to "move on" from the broadcaster's franchise rejection that put 11,000 jobs at risk and spawned allegations of an attack on press freedom.  Read more »

Palace to ABS-CBN: Why didn't you do more for pandemic relief?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 03:43 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday asked ABS-CBN Corp. why the company "could not have done more" to help the public during the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

Duterte 'neutral' on ABS-CBN despite reported fresh tirades, says spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 11:38 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte is "of course neutral" on ABS-CBN Corp, even as he reportedly hurled fresh tirades against the network after the Congress rejection of its franchise renewal, his spokesperson said Wednesday. Read more »

What happens to ABS-CBN workers? Their bosses 'know what to do' - Mike Defensor

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 02:23 PM

Cong. Mike Defensor said Tuesday he would leave it to ABS-CBN executives to decide what to do with the 11,000 workers who could lose their jobs after lawmakers, including himself, denied the broadcasting company's application for a new franchise.    Read more »

Double standard on ABS-CBN, DITO? Poe 'mistaken', says Defensor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 11:52 AM

MANILA — A lawmaker who voted against ABS-CBN's bid for a new franchise said Tuesday that Sen. Grace Poe was "mistaken" when she questioned the decision of a House panel to deny the network's broadcast license even as Congress gave "full consideration" for third telco player DITO Telecommunity last year despite infringements on its original legislative franchise. Read more »

Mike Defensor says 'no problem' with daughter backing ABS-CBN franchise

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 10:59 AM

Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor, who voted in favor of a report junking ABS-CBN's bid for a new franchise, said Tuesday he had "no problem" with his daughter opposing his stand on the network.  Read more »

House gave ABS-CBN 'life imprisonment,' not 'death penalty': Defensor

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 01:12 PM

The House of Representatives put ABS-CBN Corp. under "life imprisonment" and did not kill the network with the rejection of its license application last week, a lawmaker who had voted against the franchise renewal said Tuesday.  Read more »

Vilma Santos says ready for 'consequences' of vote for ABS-CBN franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 02:33 PM

House Deputy Speaker Vilma Santos-Recto said Monday she was "prepared" for the possible consequences of her vote for the franchise application of ABS-CBN Corp, which her colleagues killed last week.  Read more »

Duterte 'neutral' on ABS-CBN? He should've taken back tirades, says Chel Diokno

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 12:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should have recanted his tirades against ABS-CBN Corp if he were really neutral on its franchise application, a lawyer said Monday as various groups mulled options to revive the network's license that Congress killed.    Read more »

Vilma Santos on ABS-CBN franchise death: This is not the time to be heartless

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 12:06 PM

With millions unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic, "this is not to be heartless" and risk the jobs of 11,000 ABS-CBN Corp. workers, lawmaker Vilma Santos-Recto said Monday as various groups mulled remedies to revive the network's franchise that Congress killed last week.    Read more »

People's initiative on ABS-CBN franchise may take years: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 09:06 AM

The revival of the broadcast franchise of ABS-CBN Corp through a people's initiative might take years, a law expert said Monday, after Congress denial of the license last week put 11,000 jobs at risk and triggered fresh accusations of press freedom attack by authorities.    Read more »

KBP chief: Not end of the road yet for ABS-CBN despite denied franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 04:53 AM

The head of the KBP on Friday said he believes that the denial of ABS-CBN's new franchise application by House members does not mean the country's biggest media network has met its demise. Read more »

ABS-CBN franchise denial worse than martial law takeover, says Randy David

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 03:01 AM

MANILA--What ABS-CBN Corp. went through to have its franchise renewed only to be rejected in the end is something sociologist and Inquirer columnist Randy David has never seen before. Read more »

ABS-CBN franchise death part of admin's 'kill, kill, kill' legacy: media watchdog trustee

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 09:16 AM

The death of ABS-CBN Corp's franchise application in the House of Representatives keeps with the alleged "kill, kill, kill" legacy of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration, a media watchdog said Friday, as he warned of a "even more worrisome sense of impunity" in the country. Read more »

READ: House panel's Findings and Recommendations denying ABS-CBN a new franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 04:19 PM

Here's the Technical Working Group's findings and recommendations on ABS-CBN's franchise application. Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo dissented while Rep. Pablo Garcia of Cebu City and Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo of Camiguin approved.  Read more »