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Published July 10, 2021, 3:06 PM
Two House of Representatives leaders who supported ABS-CBN’s bid for the grant of a fresh legislative franchise remained optimistic that the legislative body will ‘correct’ what it has done last year and grant the network its request in the 19th Congress.
ABS-CBN FRANCHISE
On the first anniversary of the controversial vote on ABS-CBN franchise application on Saturday, Jully 10, Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez aired hopes that the next batch of lawmakers who will comprise the new Congress will be kinder to the network.
On the other hand, Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said the fight for press freedom does not end with last year’s vote of the Committee on Legislative Franchise.
Published January 30, 2021, 2:28 PM
Eight out of ten Filipinos favor erstwhile network giant ABS-CBN to return on air, according to a mobile-app survey conducted recently by WR Numero Research.
The polling and data analytics firm released the results of its recent survey conducted a few days after Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sottto III filed a bill that would allow one of the country’s leading media outfit to resume operations with a fresh 25-year legislative franchise from Congress.
House Deputy Speaker Vilma Santos and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman followed Sotto’s lead by submitting in the House of Representatives separate bills granting ABS-CBN a legislative franchise.
Published January 28, 2021, 4:59 PM
The chairman of the House Committee on Legislative Franchise declared Thursday that ABS-CBN network’s bid to return to the airwaves is no longer feasible and should instead be taken up in the next Congress and under a new president.
This view shows the ABS-CBN network headquarters in Quezon City in the Metro Manila area. (Photo by Maria TAN / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Palawan Rep. Franz Alvarez made this declaration as moves to revive the legislative franchise bills for the erstwhile network giant have become obvious in Congress.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III had filed a bill granting ABS-CBN a legislative franchise covering 25 years.
Published January 18, 2021, 8:32 PM
Key supporters of ABS-CBN’s return on the air launched Monday the difficult task of reviving the network giant by filing separate bills proposing to grant the broadcast station a 25-year legislative franchise.
Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Vilma Santos and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman filed House Bill 8298 and 8322, respectively, to bring back ABS-CBN in the airwaves, six months after this chance was rejected by a vote by the House Committee on Legislative Franchise chaired by Palawan Rep. Franz Alvarez.
Santos and her son, Luis Manzano worked for ABS-CBN as contract stars of the network.
Santos and Lagman’s moves followed a Senate action by Senate President Vicente sotto III who filed a similar bill early this month.