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More lawmakers want full House vote on ABS-CBN franchise

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 07:31 PM

More lawmakers on Thursday have joined the call to allow plenary deliberation and voting on the ABS-CBN franchise, which would give all congressmen a voice on the matter.   Read more »

Makabayan bloc seeks full House vote on ABS-CBN franchise

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 07:00 PM

(UPDATE) The Makabayan lawmakers' bloc has asked the House Committee on Legislative Franchises to allow plenary deliberation and voting on the ABS-CBN franchise to give all lawmakers a voice on the matter. Read more »

Dennis Uy's Udenna says ABS-CBN frequency acquisition rumors 'completely false'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 04:05 PM

Udenna Corp said Wednesday the rumors circulating that it was interested in acquiring the frequencies of shuttered ABS-CBN broadcast operations wre "unfounded and completely false." Read more »

Denial of ABS-CBN franchise bid 'legislative murder': journalist

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 10:18 AM

The denial of ABS-CBN's franchise bid was a "legislative murder" and the House committee's drafting group assured lawmakers it was "legal and aboveboard," a journalist said Tuesday as one of the group's members said the grant of a franchise was a "privilege." Read more »

'Full consideration' for Mislatel: Poe flags 'mystery' in House decision on ABS-CBN franchise

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 09:20 PM

Sen. Grace Poe on Monday said it is a "mystery" why a House panel rejected ABS-CBN's franchise renewal bid, when it gave "full consideration" for the third telco player that sought for a license to operate last year. Read more »

House plenary should've tackled ABS-CBN franchise bid: solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 09:44 AM

The chances of a House committee granting the appeal of ABS-CBN against its franchise denial is "quite dim" after 70 lawmakers voted to reject the country's largest network a fresh license, a congressman said Monday. 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 »

ABS-CBN executives thank employees and supporters

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 06:45 PM

ABS-CBN executives--Chief Operating Officer for Broadcast Cory Vidanes, Chairman Mark Lopez, and President and CEO Carlo L. Katigbak--express appreciation to ABS-CBN employees and supporters during a candle-lighting event in solidarity with the embattled network.  Read more »

Down but not out, ABS-CBN employees and supporters unite in fight for franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 01:36 AM

Despite the franchise setback at the House of Representatives, the network's employees and supporters showed they're Kapamilya forever. Read more »

Angara, some senators feel for ABS-CBN employees potentially losing jobs

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 08:10 PM

Sen. Sonny Angara believes that ABS-CBN losing its franchise bid, which coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, will have broader consequences on the economy.   Read more »

Comforting a fellow Kapamilya

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN news
Posted at Jul 10 04:25 PM

ABS-CBN employees turn emotional and hug each other after the House Committee on Legislative Franchises denied the network’s bid for a broadcast franchise on Friday. Read more »

A call to #VoteYesToABSCBN

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 02:04 PM

Angel Locsin along with ABS-CBN employees and supporters, on Friday gather outside the Batasang Pambansa Complex while following physical distancing protocols during a solidarity caravan as they call on members of the House committee on legislative franchises to grant the network its franchise renewal application.  Read more »

Mambabatas umaasang pabor sa ABS-CBN ang botohan sa franchise

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 04:03 PM

Umaasa ang isang mambabatas na may sapat nang batayan para sa wakas ay magbotohan na ang Kamara tungo sa pag-apruba sa aplikasyon ng ABS-CBN Corp para sa isang bagong legislative franchise.  Read more »

ABS-CBN franchise hearings to resume on June 29: House committee chair

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 10:52 PM

Discussions for the new franchise bills of ABS-CBN at the House of Representatives will resume on June 29 following a "mutual decision" by lawmakers and the broadcast network to postpone this week's proceedings, a House committee chair said Monday. Read more »

ABS-CBN franchise hearings among longest in House panel history: solon

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 01:33 PM

The House of Representatives' inquiry into ABS-CBN Corp's bid for a fresh franchise is among the longest conducted by the chamber's committee, a lawmaker said Monday. Read more »

Atienza criticizes conduct of House hearing on ABS-CBN franchise, clashes with Remulla

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 03:22 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza on Wednesday criticized the joint House committee hearing on ABS-CBN's franchise bid as a "fishing expedition," and called on House leaders to take better control of the proceedings. Read more »

SC halt on closure order only hope for ABS-CBN broadcast resumption for now: solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 10:26 AM

MANILA - Getting the Supreme Court to block the closure order against ABS-CBN Corp is the easier route for the network to resume broadcast operations, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Read more »

Calida 'expected' to attend House hearing on ABS-CBN franchise renewal: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 05:03 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida is expected by congressmen to attend the House Committee on Legislative Franchises hearing on ABS-CBN's franchise renewal to give "a general overview" of why he is against the Philippines' largest media corporation's bid for a fresh 25-year mandate, a lawmaker said Monday. Read more »