ABS-CBN is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of the ABS-CBN Corporation,a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family. The network is headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City,with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio,Naga,Bacolod,Iloilo,Cebu,Davao,and Bulacan,where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the Kapamilya Network;its brand was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th anniversary,and was used until it was forced by the National Telecommunications Commission to cease and desist from free-to-air broadcasting due to the lack of congressional franchise. ABS-CBN is the largest media company in the Philippines and oldest television broadcaster in Southeast Asia.
DWWX-TV was the flagship VHF station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN. The station was owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation with its studio and transmitter located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center,Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Avenue,Diliman,Quezon City. It was the first and oldest television station in the Philippines. The station served as the originating channel of the network's national television programming,which broadcast to all its regional stations.
Michael Tan Defensor is a Filipino politician who most recently served as the Party-list Representative for Anakalusugan from 2019 to 2022. He is also the CEO of Pax Libera Mining,Inc.
Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano is a Filipino lawyer and diplomat serving as a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was the Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013,and later Senate Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. He also served as the Representative of Taguig–Pateros from 1998 to 2007 and from 2019 to 2022 and was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in 2020. He also served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte,after unsuccessfully running for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's running mate.
Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI),also known by its legal operating name Swara Sug Media Corporation (SSMC),is a Filipino broadcast media arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by the Filipino televangelist Apollo Quiboloy. Based in Davao City and Makati,it operates a network of radio and television broadcasting stations.
Jesus Crispin "Boying" Catibayan Remulla is a Filipino lawyer,politician,and broadcaster currently serving as Secretary of Justice since 2022. He previously served as the representative of Cavite's 7th district from 2019 to 2022,the position he previously held from 2010 to 2013,and was concurrently the House Senior Deputy Majority Leader. He also served as the provincial governor of Cavite from 2016 to 2019,and was the representative of the province's 3rd district from 2004 to 2010. He is also a radio host for "Executive Session" on DZRH. Remulla is one of the vocal opponents against ABS-CBN and is among the 70 congressmen who voted to reject the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.
Dateline Philippines is the flagship midday newscast of the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) covering the day's most important headlines in politics,business,sports,and entertainment. It concentrates on news from the more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines as reported by ABS-CBN News,the largest news organization in the country.
Abraham "Bambol" Ng Tolentino is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Tagaytay and President of the Philippine Olympic Committee. He previously served as representative of Cavite's 8th district from 2019 to 2022 and the 7th district from 2013 to 2019.
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez is a Filipino businessman,lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25,2022. He is also serving as the representative for the 1st district of Leyte since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2016. He formerly served as the House Majority Leader from 2019 to 2022,and unsuccessfully ran for senator in the 2016 elections. He is a first cousin of President Bongbong Marcos. Since May 17,2023,he has been widely considered to be the country's de facto "prime minister" after the ouster of Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,becoming the main catalyst to the 2024 Philippine political crisis
Paulino Arandia Gullas was a Filipino Visayan lawyer,newspaper publisher,and legislator from Cebu,Philippines. He was the founder of The Freeman,Cebu's longest-running newspaper,served as member of the 7th Philippine Legislature for Cebu's 2nd district (1925–1927),Delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention,and member of the National Assembly during World War II.
Sarah Jane Ibañez Elago is a Filipino activist and politician. She was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for its 17th and 18th Congress,both times representing the youth sector under Kabataan Party-list. Before entering Congress,she was also the national president of the National Union of Students in the Philippines. As of May 2019,she was the youngest female lawmaker in the Philippines.
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020. The year is largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic that caused the national economy to go into recession would continued until the state of public health emergency was lifted in the country on July 22,2023.
Gerald Anthony "Samsam" Vargas Gullas Jr. is a Filipino politician serving as the mayor of Talisay,Cebu since 2019. He previously served as representative for Cebu's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
The renewal of the congressional franchise of the Philippine media network ABS-CBN to continue broadcasting was a dispute between the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and the media conglomerate arising on the terms and conditions of the franchise renewal agreement. Amid the controversy,the Congress of the Philippines,country's legislature,was unable to renew the franchise before its expiration date. The congressional franchise expired on May 4,2020,as the Philippines was dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The next day,exercising constitutional powers,the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) then issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN to cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting immediately. ABS-CBN complied with the government order and shut down all of its radio stations and free television channels later that day. On June 30,2020,the NTC released two alias cease-and-desist orders against ABS-CBN TV Plus and Sky Direct.
Stella Luz Alabastro Quimbo is a Filipino economist,academic,and politician who has served as the representative for Marikina's 2nd congressional district since 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party. She previously served as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission from 2016 up until her resignation in 2019.
Jose "Dodong" Rivera Gullas was a Filipino Visayan politician from Cebu,Philippines. The son of Vicente Gullas and Pining Rivera,he has been elected to one term as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 1st District of Cebu from 2001 to 2004. He died on February 25,2021,at 87 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer and was buried on March 3,2021,at the Daughters of Saint Teresa compound in Valladolid,Carcar.
Rodante Dizon Marcoleta is a Filipino politician serving as the party-list representative for SAGIP since 2016. He is a former House Deputy Speaker of the 18th Congress from 2019 to 2022. A successful member of the religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo,Marcoleta is one of the vocal opponents against ABS-CBN and Meralco one of the 70 representatives who voted to permanently deny the franchise renewal of the network and 70 representatives who voted to permanently deny the franchise renewal of the electricity as well as responsible for the termination of ABS-CBN Meralco and TV5's landmark partnership deal. Marcoleta is also the host of Net 25 public affairs program,Sa Ganang Mamamayan.
Antonino "Tony" Gallardo Calixto is a Filipino businessman and politician. He currently serves as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Lone District of Pasay. He previously served as mayor of Pasay from 2010 until 2019,vice mayor from 2001 to 2010,and councilor from 1995 to 2001.
Arnolfo "Arnie" Alipit Teves Jr. is a Filipino politician and businessman. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition,he last served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 3rd District of Negros Oriental from 2016 to his expulsion in 2023. He also served as a deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives from 2020 to 2022.
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba is a Filipino lawyer who was the longest-serving Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 until 2022. He is currently the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) replacing former Solicitor General Jose Calida. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on November 29,2022.
