President Rodrigo Duterte is leaving to the Office of the Ombudsman the task to investigate the alleged unpaid taxes and condoned loans of broadcast network ABS-CBN, according to Malacañang.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has sent show cause orders to 47 internet service providers (ISPs) who failed to complay with Republic Act 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said on Tuesday (Feb. 9).
With the New Year upon us, now is the time to reflect on some of the highlights and challenges the country has faced through the end of 2020.
House Minority Leader Stephen Paduano has urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to look into the payment of taxes by ABS-CBN and its blocktime partner, CIBAC party-list Rep. Eddie Villanueva’s ZOE TV.
It seems that the Lopez family finally got some divine intervention months after Congress rejected the franchise renewal bid of media conglomerate ABS-CBN, as Solicitor General Jose Calida is reportedly no longer seeking the closure of its sister company SkyCable despite the expiration of its legislative franchise last March.
It’s no longer healthy.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is pushing for a bigger 2021 budget for government programs aiming to provide free WiFi especially in far-flung areas, and to set up a national broadband program.
Senator Manny Pacquiao will shoulder the operating costs for broadcasting the Department of Education’s (DepEd) learning programs on the 13 channels that the government will use for distance learning.
The National Telecommunications Commission on Thursday (September 10) recalled the television and radio frequencies assigned to ABS-CBN in the wake of its failure to get a new legislative franchise.
Filipino businessman Ramon “RJ” Jacinto has been formally sworn in as an undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
Cavite Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla is making good on his word to investigate the broadcast network which he accused of being ABS-CBN’s “dummy.”
Don’t worry about the Lopezes, they’re still filthy rich. This is the message of Congressman Mike Defensor who continued to pressure the owners of ABS-CBN Corp. to give up control of the former media giant to their thousands of employees who are about to lose their jobs in a massive layoff.
It is up to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to decide on the proposal to use ABS-CBN Corp.’s television and radio frequencies to ensure effective distance learning amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Malacañang said Thursday.
MANILA – Senator Grace Poe has slammed the supposed double standards of the House of Representatives after junking the franchise renewal bid of embattled broadcast giant ABS-CBN due to alleged several violations it committed with its previous license.
The Supreme Court (SC) is set to deliberate this August ABS-CBN Corporation’s petition seeking to nullify the cease and desist order (CDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
“History is never kind to tyrants.”
ABS-CBN used its transmitter to broadcast its exclusive channels on a frequency owned by another company from May 5 until June 30, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said Thursday (July 2).
Senator Francis Pangilinan hopes the Supreme Court will halt what he described as “madness” affecting ABS-CBN after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered two of its broadcast platforms to be shut down.
Senator Sonny Angara is aghast at the government’s double standard against ABS-CBN after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered two of its broadcasting platforms to shut down.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has dealt a double whammy to ABS-CBN in a day with its order Tuesday (June 30) for the network to stop broadcasting on TV Plus in Metro Manila and operating Sky Cable’s satellite broadcast service.
Senator Nancy Binay sees parallelisms between traditional jeepneys and ABS-CBN, whose operations were both suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even after taking ABS-CBN off the air, some lawmakers believe National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba has not done enough to take down the media giant.
ABS-CBN is set to lose another platform to air its shows, with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) set to issue an alias cease and desist order against the company it is using as an alternative broadcasting channel.
President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed the franchise of Golden Broadcast Professional Inc. (GBPI) for another 25 years.
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