UPDATED. Media workers nationwide issue statements and gather to protest the order of the National Telecommunications Commission to shut down ABS-CBN.
PROTEST. Members and officers of the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club and NUJP Baguio Benguet protest government closure of ABS-CBN in front of the Baguio city Hall. Photo by Mau Victa/Rappler
They assembled at the Baguo City Hall on Wednesday, May 6, wearing face masks displaying letters that expressed their solidarity with ABS-CBN."Don't gag media," the face masks read.“Forcing ABS-CBN to sign off to make it comply with NTC’s order is silencing ABS-CBN. And that is making press freedom— and the right of the Filipinos to be informed—an expendable item in this lingering franchise issue,” the PPC said.
"We expect Congress to grant ABS-CBN a franchise with no conditionalities. Only Congress can exercise and assert its authority in granting franchises to certain enterprises with bearing on national patrimony," PPC said.
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