READ: Photojournalists' Center of the Philippines statement on NTC order vs ABS-CBN. ABSCBNFranchise
Editor's note: We are publishing in full statements issued by various groups and institutions in support of ABS-CBN Corp., which went off the air on May 5, 2020 following a cease and desist order from the National Telecommunications Commission. The company's franchise expired on May 4, while bills for its franchise renewal, some filed since 2016, continued to languish in Congress.
We are stunned by the callousness of depriving the Filipino people of a public information channel in these trying times. We are stunned by the outright indifference to the people's need for information and services in the middle of this COVID-19 crisis. Most of all, we are stunned by the lack of sensitivity of this administration to the basic needs of the people that the media has managed to surface and even address after we all held arms together no matter what group or party we belong to.
We in the media have been foregoing our own safety to be able to cover the COVID-19 crisis so that valuable information can be disseminated. For the government to cancel the franchise of ABS-CBN in the middle of this crisis is a wanton disregard for the interest of the public.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
READ: Management Association of the Philippines' statement on ABS-CBN shutdown
Read more »
READ: Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines statement on NTC cease and desist order vs ABS-CBN
Read more »
READ: PCIJ issues statement of unity to ABS-CBN amid closure
Read more »
READ: Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines statement on NTC cease and desist order vs ABS-CBN
Read more »
Duterte can reverse NTC’s closure order vs ABS-CBN–EscuderoMANILA, Philippines -- President Rodrigo Duterte could still reverse the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) closure order against ABS-CBN since the commission is under
Read more »
ABS-CBN vows comeback after being shut down by governmentMANILA, Philippines — ABS-CBN shut down on Tuesday evening its radio and television operations nationwide in compliance with an order from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC),
Read more »