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ABS-CBN & Star Magic statement on Liza Soberano
ABS-CBN and Star Magic fully support Liza Soberano’s filing of a criminal complaint with the Office of the City Prosecutor for libel, threats, and unjust vexation against the person who posted disparaging remarks about her character and, worse, threatened to have her raped. Reckless and malicious use of social media should never be tolerated. Moreover,…
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ABS-CBN stars to appear on TV5 programs
By Fernan Angeles Several stars of ABS-CBN will embark on new television programs which will be aired on TV5 soon. Brightlight Productions secured block-time slots with the Manny Pangilinan-led network with the aim of “(reawakening) the Filipino TV viewing habits that may have waned in the past few months of crisis.” In a letter to…
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KaladKaren engaged to British boyfriend of eight years
KaladKaren, known for her impersonations of ABS-CBN broadcaster Karen Davila, is engaged to British boyfriend of eight years, Luke Wrightson. “We are engaged. Yehey!” said KaladKaren (Jervi Li in real life) and Wrightson as they hugged and kissed after the official announcement on Facebook page September 9. Luke said that he has been hiding the…
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NTC recalls ABS-CBN frequencies, channels
By John Clifford Lintao IN what appears to be another blow to the Lopez-owned television network, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ordered the recall of television and radio frequencies given to network giant ABS-CBN. In a seven-page order signed by NTC Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba and Deputy Commissioners Edgardo Cabarios and Delilah Deles said that…
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ABS-CBN shuts regional stations
BAGUIO — Anchor Dhobie de Guzman has been the face of a popular news show in the northern Philippines for more than a decade. Now the closure of his regional station — and dozens of others countrywide — has left him out of work. He is among hundreds of journalists to lose their jobs at…
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Robredo thanks ABS CBN for years of service to Bicolanos
MANILA – Vice-President Leni Robredo on Friday night paid tribute to ABS-CBN as the network’s regional stations signed off following its failed franchise bid. In a message posted on Facebook, Robredo thanked the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group, particularly its local office in Bicol, for its decades-long public service to Filipinos. “ABS-CBN Bicol has been a…
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Tears, as MOR DJs sign off for the last time
MANILA — “Salamat, For Life.” This was the common message of the DJs of MOR 101.9 on Friday night, as they gathered and signed off for the final time due to the closure of the ABS-CBN radio station. That line was also the title of MOR’s farewell broadcast on Facebook, where the DJs reminisced, expressed…
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DZMM’s Ogie Diaz, MJ Felipe bid farewell
MANILA — “OMJ,” the DZMM showbiz talk show co-hosted by Ogie Diaz and MJ Felipe, is the latest program to bid farewell amid the double crises of ABS-CBN’s broadcast shutdown and the coronavirus pandemic. “Today, I received a call informing me that our show will no longer continue,” Felipe wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. September…