MANILA, Philippines – The House committee on legislative franchises is finally holding its first hearing on the bills that would renew the franchise of media network ABS-CBN on Tuesday, March 10.
The hearing will focus on Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano's proposal for the National Telecommunications Commission to grant ABS-CBN provisional authority to operate while its franchise bills are pending in Congress. The Speaker – who had accused ABS-CBN of alleged unfair election reporting – initially wanted to hold the hearing in May or early August.
But he changed his mind, agreeing to allow House committee on legislative franchises chairperson Franz Alvarez to hold one hearing just before the 18th Congress takes a two-month break starting Saturday, March 14. But Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman, a strong advocate of ABS-CBN's franchise renewal, slammed Tuesday's hearing as"limited" and said it"appears to be cosmetic and inconsequential."Watch the House hearing on the media network's franchise renewal to be held at the Belmonte Hall of the Batasang Pambansa at 1 pm Tuesday. –
Alam naman naten lahat ang ending na ma rerenew ang AbsCbn...why are we wasting so much time, money and resources on this? I know this is a topic to discuss - yes. But there are more pressing matters as of the moment.
Kung kelan mag bbreak na saka nag hearing si tanga. Hahahhaahha tangena mu talaga Cayetano!! BOBO kang inakaaaaa
So the house busies itself with ABS CBN yet ignores POGOs. Rubber stamp congress.
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.
Source: inquirerdotnet - 🏆 3. / 86 Read more »
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »