“ABS-CBN was not shut down but only denied a new franchise by Congress.”
What Vera Files found
Indeed, the House committee on legislative franchises, which included Remulla and 69 other lawmakers, denied ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal on July 10, 2020 with a 70 - 11 vote. But this came two months after ABS-CBN went off air on May 5, 2020, a day after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a cease-and-desist order to the network when its 25-year legislative franchise expired.
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In short
Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla made this claim around 11 October 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 19 October 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 13 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- media.un.orghttps://media.un.org/en/asset/k1x/k1xw97jcth
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