Mike Navallo, head of the recently revived ABS-CBN chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, said the shutdown did not affect his work but sent a clear message to the news media: going against the administration has consequences.
ABS-CBN is standing by its report that the franchise of Bohol Chronicle Radio Corp. (BCRC) has been in existence for over 50 years, despite being a 29-year-old corporation.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) slammed SAGIP-Partylist Representative Rodante Marcoleta for turning the House hearing on ABS-CBN’s franchise on Monday, June 8, into a platform “for personal revenge to bully” ABS-CBN reporter Mike Navallo, whom the NUJP said “did not deserve to be bullied for the truth”.
