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'Pamilya siya': Kapamilya celebs, directors ikinuwento kung bakit nanatili sa ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 09:07 AM

Hindi lang mga homegrown at matatagal nang nasa ABS-CBN ang nakibaka at patuloy na nakikibaka para makabalik sa free television at radio ang network. Read more »

Amid ABS-CBN closure, remember to serve fellow Filipinos, Fr. Caluag tells public

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 12:15 PM

Caluag said what ABS-CBN went through with the denied franchise should give Filipinos a "renewed sense of purpose and a new sense of discernment." Read more »

Pagpatay sa ABS-CBN franchise, isang taon na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 03:29 PM

Isang taon na ang nakalipas mula nang patayin ang prangkisa ng ABS-CBN. Read more »

'Chilling effect' hit Philippine newsrooms in wake of ABS-CBN shutdown— veteran journalist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 02:46 PM

"Media operates not for its own good but for the good of the people. You get more news out there if media is courageous and unafraid, then you also have a people sovereign enough, confident enough that they are the power and that government must be afraid of how they would make these decisions when they can express these decisions."   Read more »

Loyal Kapamilyas honor ABS-CBN in ‘Andito Kami Dahil Sa Inyo’ video

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 02:36 PM

"Ang ating ABS-CBN mananatiling nandito." Read more »

Will ABS-CBN franchise vote figure in 2022 elections? Expert weighs in

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 11:47 AM

MANILA — Exactly a year ago, a House committee dominated by allies of President Rodrigo Duterte killed the franchise application of the country’s then-largest media network, in what critics say was a tightening of the noose around press freedom.  Read more »

Angel Locsin: 'Why I choose to stay'

Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 01:52 PM

In this interview, Angel Locsin talks about choosing to stay even as other stars have left the network since its broadcast shutdown.  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 »

LOOK BACK: ABS-CBN execs defend company in franchise bid

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 09:28 PM

Last year, ABS-CBN executives and lawyers attended congressional hearings to defend the company from various allegations and to appeal to lawmakers to grant it a new franchise. Read more »

When various groups rallied behind ABS-CBN after franchise rejection

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 09:29 AM

After 70 members of the House of Representatives put the nail on the coffin of leading network ABS-CBN's fresh franchise bid in July, scores of groups from all walks of life have shown support for and solidarity with the embattled network. Read more »

TIMELINE: The vote that killed ABS-CBN's franchise renewal bid

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 05:13 PM

The denial of ABS-CBN's broadcast license is widely seen as a blow to Philippine democracy and a free press under the Duterte administration. Here's a timeline of the hearings in 2020 leading up to the media giant's shutdown.  Read more »

Brave 11: Solons who voted for ABS-CBN's franchise renewal

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 04:30 PM

In a Duterte-controlled House, these lawmakers were dubbed the "Brave 11" for not yielding to pressure from an administration that had vowed to force ABS-CBN off the air. Read more »

A shameful vote?: Why House still refuses to identify those who rejected ABS-CBN franchise bid

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 06:02 PM

ABS-CBN News reached out to several offices of the House of Representatives to obtain an official list of lawmakers who denied the Kapamilya network's franchise bid, but these efforts led nowhere.    Read more »