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House panel vice chairman opposes early bid to extend Meralco franchise

A House leader on Tuesday opposed a bill that would extend the legislative franchise of power distribution giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) which would...

Lawmakers okay measure revoking SMNI franchise

Voting 284-4-4, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to revoke the legislative franchise granted to...

NEDA bid to scrap telco franchise nixed

There is “absolutely no way” that Congress will give up its power to closely supervise the telecommunications sector, which is heavily imbued with public...

CdO’s Rodriguez files bill to shelve Cebu Pacific’s legislative franchise

Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Monday made good on his promise to file a resolution seeking the suspension of airline Cebu...

OSG insists Newsnet has no more franchise to operate

News and Entertainment Network Corp. (Newsnet) could no longer be allowed to operate and granted a radio frequency after its legislative franchise expired in...

‘Don’t rush e-sabong franchise’

A legislative franchise to electronic sabong (e-sabong) is unnecessary to augment government funds for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Taguig City Rep. Alan Peter...

Rody: ABS-CBN franchise bid ‘piece of trash’

President Rodrigo Duterte said it is useless to give local media giant ABS-CBN Corp. a new 25-year legislative franchise. During the joint meeting of national...

What’s with Tito Sen?

"I expected him to know better."     A group of senators led by Senate President Tito Sotto recently filed a bill seeking the “renewal” of the...

GMA Network buys back PDRs to protect franchise

GMA Network Inc. said it will buy back its Philippine Depository Receipts to protect its foreign investors and its legislative franchise to operate as...

SolGen acts to cancel ABS-CBN franchise

The government has asked the Supreme Court to forfeit the legislative franchise of ABS-CBN for violating the Constitution and for allegedly committing “abusive practices”...

Peco virtually loses legislative franchise

Panay Electric Co. virtually lost its legislative franchise early this week amid protests over its declaration of hundreds of millions of profits in the...
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