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House, Senate leaders meet weeks after Velasco assumes Speakership

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 08:07 PM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Thursday said congressional leaders are working on a common legislative agenda for the remaining 20 months of the 18th Congress.  Read more »

ABS-CBN focusing on ‘core capabilities’ despite ‘difficult journey’ ahead: CEO

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 11:03 AM

ABS-CBN Corp. is committed to finding new ways to serve Filipinos by focusing on "core capabilities” despite the denial of its franchise, said president and CEO Carlo Katigbak on Thursday as the company hopes to emerge from the crisis "better, stronger and more successful."   Read more »

Drilon seeks Palace legislative liaison's plan for better coordination with Congress

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 04:56 PM

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday ordered the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) to submit a "plan" on how the agency could improve coordination between the executive and legislative branches. Read more »

Senators lament wrongful or non-implementation of laws over IRR issues with executive agencies

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 09:01 PM

The Senate on Monday took issue with how some laws have either been wrongly or not implemented at all by agencies in the executive branch due to their implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) or the lack of it.  Read more »

How productive was the Senate in first year of the 18th Congress?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 07:50 PM

The Senate on Friday released a breakdown of the measures that have been filed and passed in the chamber during the 18th Congress' first year. Read more »

'TV Patrol' sa ABS-CBN Regional stations, magpapaalam na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 07:34 PM

Napilitan ang ABS-CBN na ihinto ang operasyon ng kanilang regional stations matapos hindi makakuha ng bagong prangkisa.    Read more »

3 PhilHealth witnesses get immunity in Senate probe

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 07:57 PM

Senators on Tuesday granted legislative immunity to 3 witnesses as the chamber dug deeper into the alleged multi-billion-peso corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Read more »

Lawmaker seeks changes in PH TV broadcast operations and systems

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 09:58 PM

Cavite Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla has filed 4 different resolutions in the House of Representatives seeking changes in existing systems and operations of the country's television industry. Read more »

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 »

QC Legislative Building isasara muna dahil sa mga kaso ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 10:27 PM

Simula July 15 hanggang 19 o hanggang sa matapos ang testing at containtment measures, isasara ang Quezon City Legislative Building matapos magpositibo sa coronavirus ang tatlong city councilors at mga office staff. 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 »

What House panel report on ABS-CBN's franchise renewal bid says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 11:25 PM

The group's 40-page report echoes the position of lawmakers who had been calling for the network's shutdown. 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 »

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 »

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 »