Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza Jr. and Solicitor General Jose Calida pin the blame on House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano for not acting on the bills renewing the legislative franchise of ABS-CBN
The National Telecommunications Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against ABS-CBN Corp. after its 25-year broadcast franchise expired on May 4.
Journalists and Communication scholars said President Rodrigo Duterte’s hostility “particularly news organizations and individual journalists who have dared to question and to criticize him, has been a hallmark of his administration.”
Various groups have come forward to express their support for the renewal of the franchise renewal of broadcasting giant ABS-CBN.
The House Ways and Means committee maintained that POGO’s should be taxed in the Philippines even if their operations are online since they have workers in the country.