Echoing calls to defend press freedom, Filipinos from various parts of the country refused to stay silent as they took to the streets on Saturday, July 18, to protest the shutdown of ABS-CBN.

The 2023 edition served as ABS-CBN’s first ball since the COVID-19 pandemic and the ABS-CBN shutdown, hence the theme “Forever Grateful.” ...

“The shutdown has deprived more than ... committee vote go that way is disheartening.” Images posted on social media showed staff of ABS-CBN in tears after the vote was announced.

(Getty Images) Oreña-Drilon said Duterte disliked ... People protested the shutdown outside ABS-CBN headquarters in Manilla on Tuesday, carrying signs and lighting candles. An employee lights ...

Image Anchors on the set of TV Patrol, ABS-CBN’s flagship news program, in February.Credit...Ezra Acayan/Getty Images The move to shut down ABS-CBN’s broadcasts was met with criticism from ...

ABS-CBN lost its broadcast license, but a dozen regional operations kept covering local news through cable and the internet. On Friday, that stopped. By Jason Gutierrez MANILA — A major ...

But the media giant has been shut down for nearly four months now. A certain Juliet Ramos said Rolly showed the importance of the regional networks of ABS-CBN that reach remote areas, particularly ...

Government officials have denied that the shutdown was a press freedom issue. The shutdown of ABS-CBN comes after their renewal had been pending in Congress, which is controlled by Duterte allies.

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 ...

The UAAP and ABS-CBN failed to come to terms to a contract extension before the television giant was shut down by the government following the expiration of its franchise on Tuesday night.