Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Gus Tambunting (Facebook) Displaying a great sense of urgency, the House Committee on Legislative Franchises tackled during a briefing on Monday, Dec. 23 the reported delays in the implementation of more than 200...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is set to conduct a "thorough review" of the existing operating franchise of the country's lone grid operator, the National Grid Corporation of the...
(Starlink) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has filed a measure in the House of Representatives that intends to provide fast and affordable Internet access in remote remote in the country by granting a legislative franchise to Starlink...
APEC Party-list Rep. Sergio Dagooc (left), PHILRECA Party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus (Facebook) Members of the so-called "power bloc" in the House of Representatives have affirmed their support for the early grant of a 25-year extension to the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Did the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) violate its congressional franchise when it comes to the required annual submission of it operation reports? A vice chairman of the House Committee...
SMNI logo Television network SMNI's top officials declined on Thursday, Nov. 30 to put their congressional franchise on the line after Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez challenged them to prove the allegation that Speaker Martin Romualdez spent P1.8...
Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Screenshot from YouTube live) A ranking congressman is calling on the House Committee on Legislative Franchises to probe allegations floated by an SMNI television network program that Speaker Martin Romualdez has a...
Public information should be at the helm of services that holders of broadcast franchises should deliver to the people, Senator Grace Poe said on Wednesday, November 23. Poe pointed out that with the number of natural disasters and other emergency situations that we face, it is absolutely essential...
The controversial shutdown of the giant ABS-CBN network was revived today, Wednesday, November 23 during a public hearing by the Commission on Appointments on the proposed confirmation of the appointment of Gamaliel Asis Cordoba as Commission on Audit (COA) chairman. Cordoba was the National...
Two congressmen have filed House resolutions (HRs) seeking an inquiry in aid of legislation on the recent partnership that was forged by local media giants TV5 and ABS-CBN. TV5 logo (top) and ABS-CBN logo (Wikipedia) READ: https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/11/tv5-abs-cbn-announce-landmark-deal/...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday said senators are now looking into transferring the authority to issue permits for online cockfighting or “e-sabong” from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) to Congress. “That is one of the recommendations that we are discussing,...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday urged the Senate to reject the measure that seeks to grant a franchise to Bicol Light and Power Corp. (Bicol Light). De Lima said granting franchise to Bicol Light would be counterproductive especially to the constituents of Iriga City and the towns of...
