Duterte’s speech in Jolo

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 07/19/2020

  Last July 13, two weeks after the fatal shooting of four intelligence officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines by members of the Philippine National Police in Jolo, President Duterte flew to the Sulu capital…

Duterte destroyed oligarchy in PH? Oligarchs thriving in his admin – lawmaker

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @CMarquezINQ 07/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A party-list lawmaker on Friday dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statement about ending oligarchy in the country, asserting instead that oligarchs are flourishing in the current administration. “Kaugnay sa ABS-CBN, hindi totoo na tagumpay…

Solon tells Lopez family: Sell ABS-CBN if you love 11,000 workers

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 07/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — House Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. on Friday urged the Lopez family to just sell ABS-CBN if they really care for its over 11,000 employees, following the denial of its bid for a new 25-year…

Final buzzer as ABS-CBN Sports shuts down

Bong Lozada - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ 07/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines—The sports division of ABS-CBN is shutting down following the House of Representatives’ denial of a franchise renewal for the network giant. The network announced Wednesday that it will cease operation of some its businesses and…

‘Let’s move on,’ Palace says on denial of ABS-CBN franchise bid

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 07/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — “Tapos na po ang boksing (Boxing’s over). Let’s move on.” Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said this on Monday in reaction to the decision of the House of Representatives to deny the application for a…

Media and politics

Randy David 07/12/2020

  If there is anything that the 12 hearings conducted by two powerful congressional committees on the ABS-CBN franchise clearly showed, it is the gross misunderstanding and simplification by our lawmakers of how the mass media system…

Chilling effect on media? Roque says ABS-CBN’s business is not news, but entertainment

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 07/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Friday he does not believe that ABS-CBN losing its bid for a new franchise sends a “chilling effect” on other media organizations. In an interview over dzBB, Roque reasoned…

What ‘conscience vote’?

Solita Collas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 07/11/2020

  As you read this, Reader, we should know the decision of the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Franchises regarding the ABS-CBN franchise renewal. Assuming everything goes on schedule. But I write this column on Thursday…

ABS-CBN was ‘slain’ despite surviving ‘grueling’ legislative scrutiny — solon

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 07/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Despite surviving the “grueling” scrutiny of lawmakers, ABS-CBN was still “slain at the end of the show,” Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said after the network’s new franchise bid was denied in the House of…

House panel denies ABS-CBN’s franchise bid

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 07/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The franchise bid of media giant ABS-CBN was denied Friday by the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Franchises after a series of hearings. With all eyes on the House panel waiting for the…

Enough is enough

By: Rina Jimenez-David - @inquirerdotnet 07/08/2020

Soon after Typhoon “Ondoy” left our home inundated in over seven feet of muddy floodwaters, we heard that my husband, then a contractual art director with Food Magazine of ABS-CBN publications, was entitled to “cash assistance.” I…

‘Ang Probinsyano,’ other ABS-CBN programs to return as new channel set to emerge

Katrina Hallare 06/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — As ABS-CBN still remains off the air, viewers can expect the return of their favorite Kapamilya programs, as well as new ones to watch out for, all thanks to a new channel that will…

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