Senator Franklin Drilon: "What is clear is that the NTC gravely abused its discretion in ordering, in issuing the cease-and-desist order." PHOTO/S: GMA News Para kay Senator Franklin Drilon, "grave ...

The Philippines government has ordered that ABS-CBN, the country’s largest media group, cease broadcasting on TV and radio. The move is widely seen as politically-motivated. ABS-CBN has been targeted ...

FILE PHOTO: A man runs outside the ABS-CBN network headquarters where candles are lit following government orders to cease its operations, in Quezon City FILE PHOTO: A man runs outside the ABS-CBN ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine legislators pushed on Wednesday to get the country's biggest broadcaster back on air, amid widespread shock and dismay over an order by the industry regulator for the ...

Two days after celebrating World Press Freedom Day the Philippine government in the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered the broadcast network ABS-CBN to cease and desist their ...

Manila — The Philippine government ordered the country's largest broadcast network, ABS-CBN, to stop broadcasting immediately on Tuesday after its license expired. The network, which employs about ...

'We are therefore calling on Congress to immediately remedy the situation by approving ABS-CBN's application renewal with due haste, and for NTC to issue a temporary permit while the matter is being ...

The Philippines' telecoms regulator has awarded television frequencies held by former top broadcaster ABS-CBN Corp to firms run by two allies of President Rodrigo Duterte, a move critics warned could ...

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility said the forced closure of a major broadcasting network limits the possibilities of civic engagement and political participation. This statement was ...