House panel votes 70-11 against ABS-CBN franchise application

AFTER 12 hearings, the House Committee on Legislative Franchises on Friday rejected the franchise application of the ABS-CBN Corporation. This, after the House Committee on Legislative Franchises adopted a resolution—based on the work of a hastily formed technical working group—denying the franchise application of ABS-CBN Corporation to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and […]