House panel to tackle ABS-CBN franchise renewal on March 10
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:55 p.m.) — The House of Representatives will finally conduct its first hearing on ABS-CBN Corp’s bid to renew its legislative franchise for another 25 years.
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano announced Wednesday that the House committee on legislative franchise will take up the 11 pending bills seeking to renew the franchise of the country’s top broadcaster.
Cayetano said the lower chamber will conduct the hearing next week to make it clear to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that Congress is acting on ABS-CBN’s franchise.
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Last week, the House panel led by Rep. Franz Alvarez (Palawan) urged the NTC to grant ABS-CBN Corp. a provisional authority to continue its operation past the expiry of its legislative franchise.
The committee said it has
Cayetano also said the first hearing on ABS-CBN franchise aims to set ground rules so the proceedings would not end up like a “circus.”
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(We do not want the hearing to become a bull session. We also don't want it to become a
Last week, the Senate committee on public services conducted a hearing on the legislative franchise of ABS-CBN and the network’s supposed violations.
A congressional franchise bill needs to
President Rodrigo Duterte, however, has repeatedly criticized the broadcasting network and stated that he
He also said the Lopez-owned company should just
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