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WATCH: Emotional Vice Ganda offers song for ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 03:24 PM

Comedy superstar Vice Ganda performed an original song on "ASAP Natin 'To" where he expressed his devotion to ABS-CBN, which faced hardships in the past year after the non-renewal of its broadcast franchise. Read more »

'ASAP Natin 'To' goes live anew, thanks viewers for continuing support

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 01:31 PM

'ASAP Natin 'To' went live on Sunday to express gratitude to viewers who continuously support ABS-CBN as the network marked the first year since the network's shutdown. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Kapamilyas stand side by side down heartbreaking road

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 09:00 PM

Throughout the saga surrounding the Lower House's rejection of ABS-CBN's franchise renewal, supporters and press freedom advocates stood beside the network's employees like true Kapamilyas. Read more »

Kapamilya stars, employees nasasaktan pa rin sa pagpatay sa ABS-CBN franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 08:54 PM

Sa unang anibersaryo ng pagpatay sa prangkisa ng ABS-CBN, naglabas ng saloobin ang ilang empleyado at Kapamilya stars sa naging kalbaryo ng network.   Read more »

The ironies: House swiftly OKs 85 franchises plus RBH 2 after rejecting ABS-CBN plea

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 08:30 PM

Analysis of House data by the ABS-CBN News Investigative and Research Group showed that the House Committee on Legislative Franchises approved 85 franchise bills from July 11, 2020 to June 17, 2021, based on the dates of submission of the respective committee reports.  Read more »

Retrenched but thriving: Kapamilyas become entrepreneurs in wake of ABS-CBN shutdown

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 08:01 PM

Mitchelle Tan and Jamie Jose may have found new careers post-retrenchment but, if given a chance to return to ABS-CBN, they would do so.  Read more »

PIRMA Kapamilya: Sustaining the campaign amid pandemic, election season

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 07:31 PM

The signature campaign that seeks to get ABS-CBN Corp. a new broadcast franchise through a people’s initiative is gaining ground, albeit slowly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the elections in 2022. Read more »

Kapamilya stars sinariwa ang pinagdaanan 1 taon matapos ang ABS-CBN shutdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 09:55 PM

Inalala ng Kapamilya stars ang kalbaryo ng network, pati na rin ang patuloy nitong pagbangon sa kabila ng mga hamon. Read more »

Mga mamamahayag ng ABS-CBN nagtipon para sa shutdown anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 08:44 PM

Nagsama-sama ang mga mamamahayag ng ABS-CBN para gunitain ang isang taon ng pagkawala sa ere ng network. Read more »

Sabat sa madugay na nga pamangkot

Romeo Subaldo
Posted at May 05 04:54 PM

Until August 31, 2020 when ABS-CBN dissolved its regional network, Romeo Subaldo was the news chief of the Bacolod station. He looks back to the events of May 5, 2020, when the network's free TV and radio operations- including broadcast from the regions- were shut down.    Read more »

‘Nagtampo ang langit’

Karla Estrada
Posted at May 05 03:52 PM

Actress and TV host Karla Estrada remembers the shock and sadness she felt when ABS-CBN's free TV and radio broadcast were shut down on May 5, 2020.  Read more »

Isang taon ng ABS-CBN shutdown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 01:32 PM

Isang taon na mula nang huminto sa pag-ere sa free TV Channel 2 at sa iba pang istasyon nito sa Pilipinas ang ABS-CBN. Read more »

Death in the Pamilya

Lynda Jumilla-Abalos, Executive Editor and Head of News Digital ABS-CBN
Posted at May 04 11:12 PM

For many of us in the company, death came to our ABS-CBN pamilya at 7:52 pm on May 5, 2020. Read more »

‘I still can’t believe wala nang MOR, DZMM sa radyo’

DJ Chacha
Updated as of May 06 04:43 PM

Former MOR and TeleRadyo anchor DJ Chacha recalls the day ABS-CBN's radio stations went silent. She says she cannot believe it to this day. Read more »

'Para kang nagulangan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 04:34 PM

In this interview, Kapamilya star Enchong Dee recalls the events of May 5, 2020, when he heard the news that his home network ABS-CBN's free TV and radio operations were being shut down.  Read more »

'Kapit-Kamay'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 04:27 PM

Job Mondigo, among ABS-CBN employees retrenched after the network's broadcast shutdown, wrote a song as a tribute to the company. He said it was heartbreaking to see and experience the shutdown of a company he has considered his family.  Read more »

ABS-CBN Shutdowns: Then and Now

Boo Chanco
Updated as of May 06 04:19 PM

Boo Chanco, a former Vice President and News Director of ABS-CBN and Dean of the Journalism School of ABS-CBN University, talks about his experience going through two shutdowns of ABS-CBN: during martial law and in 2020.  Read more »

All eyes on Studio 7: 'Lahat kami tahimik'

Niño Garcia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 04:05 PM

Niño Garcia is a floor director for ABS-CBN’s newscasts. He manned the set in Studio 7, the home of “TV Patrol” and “Bandila”, during the Channel 2 sign-off. This is his recollection of May 5, 2020, the day of the ABS-CBN broadcast shutdown. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Cinco de Mayo

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 10:21 AM

On the night the NTC ordered ABS-CBN’s broadcoast operations to close, the company still did what it does best — deliver the news.  Read more »

Sa Isang Iglap

Mnemosynne Dalawis, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 03:38 PM

Mnemo, as she is called by colleagues, was one of the employees who embodied for viewers the extreme emotion within the network as it went off the air on May 5, 2020.    Read more »