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NTC ORDER TO SHUT DOWN ABS-CBN AMID COVID-19 IS IRREGULAR, IMPROPER – ZUBIRI

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri said the order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to shut down media giant ABS-CBN amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis now being faced by the country is “irregular and improper.” “I’m really saddened by the move of NTC. We can cite many instances when the NTC granted provisional authority […]

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CONGRESS HAS MANDATE TO ACT ON ABS-CBN FRANCHISE RENEWAL – ARAGONES

A veteran lawmaker at the House of Representatives said Congress has the mandate to act on the franchise renewal of broadcast giant ABS-CBN. Laguna Representative Sol Aragones said  while she respects the decision of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to file a quo warranto petition asking the Supreme Court to revoke the legislative franchise […]

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LET CONGRESS TACKLE ABS-CBN FRANCHISE — ARAGONES

Congress is mandated do determine whether legislative franchises should be approved or not, and it should be given the opportunity to do so in the case of ABS-CBN. This was the gist of a statement issued by Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones on Tuesday after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a […]

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SOLAR PARA SA BAYAN USING LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE TO CIRCUMVENT EPIRA – ELECTRIC COOPS

One of the country’s largest electric cooperative (EC) groups on Tuesday slammed what it said was an attempt by Solar Para sa Bayan Corporation, a private solar power company to circumvent provisions of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA) by obtaining a legislative franchise. In a position paper submitted to House Appropriations […]