Tag: abs-cbn

Life goes on and GETS BETTER without #ABSCBN news and entertainment

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 benign0 43 Comments

Filipinos should get a grip. It is actually possible to live without ABS-CBN. It’s been proven. Many chi chi Ateneans and other private school kids who form part of ABS-CBN executive management very likely lead entire lives not watching a single one of the “entertainment” products their own company subjects Filipinos to. Indeed, an interesting…

Business, Media

Rule of Law prevails over politics as ABS-CBN goes off air

May 5, 2020May 6, 2020 benign0 14 Comments

It’s almost unreal. According to a breaking Manila Bulletin report, ABS-CBN has signed off and has gone off air in compliance to a cease and desist order from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) after the network’s license to broadcast expired yesterday. It was lights out following its final TV Patrol broadcast. Opposition groups were, as…

Media

Why is the media giving Vico Sotto more than his fair share of exposure?

March 19, 2020March 20, 2020 benign0 8 Comments

It’s likely because Vico Sotto, Mayor of Pasig City is the son of showbiz personalities. His mother is Coney Reyes Mumar, former co-host of hit noontime TV variety show Student Canteen. His father is mega-star Vic Sotto, brother to Senate President Tito Sotto and a member of the huge comedy trio act Tito Vic and…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Reporters Without Borders Lists Duterte Admin As Press Freedom Digital Predator

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 P. Farol 7 Comments

I do not necessarily agree with Reporters Without Borders listing of the Philippine government or the Duterte Administration as a press freedom digital predator because of the opposition faced by ABS-CBN’s efforts to renew its legislative franchise. In fact, I continue to be skeptical of foreign “press organizations” that continue to publish reports and ratings…

Government, Media

Philippine “President” Leni Robredo in a time of pandemic

March 14, 2020 benign0 3 Comments

As the COVID-19 pandemic plays out globally, the main drive of the Philippine Oppositions is not to help Filipinos deal with the crisis together. Rather, their goal is to prove that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not fit to lead his people through it. This is consistent with their singular objective — to seize power…

Government, Politics

Brazen Red Tapism at the House Hearing on ABS-CBN Franchise Renewal

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 P. Farol 5 Comments

With the speed that some bills and budgets got passed, it’s really a wonder why the House of Representatives under the leadership of House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano is subjecting ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise renewal to a form of red tapism. As I pointed out in previous posts on the topic of ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise renewal,…

Media

Senator Grace Poe should RESIGN following the ABS-CBN conflict-of-interest fiasco!

February 28, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

Pressure is mounting on Senator Grace Poe to hold herself accountable for misappropriating public resources down a Senate “inquiry” into the ABS-CBN franchise renewal “issue”. The “inquiry” which Poe claimed was “in aid of legislation” has done nothing beyond giving ABS-CBN a platform for emotional blackmail. Poe is hard-pressed to report to the Filipino public…

Crime, Media

Karen Davila failed to pin blame for ABS-CBN franchise non-renewal on Duterte during Panelo interview

February 22, 2020 Ilda 7 Comments

ABS-CBN news and talk show host Karen Davila recently had Malacanang Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo as her guest on ANC to discuss the franchise renewal of the TV network that employs her. It’s fair to say that she struggled to achieve her goal — to pin the blame on President Rodrigo Duterte over the possibility…

Crime, Media