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ABS-CBN defenders make last stand: ‘Why punish a company that did not breach laws?’
The House committee on legislative franchises' technical working group will draft recommendations on whether to grant ABS-CBN a franchise. They may vote on July 10, 2020.

Lawmakers threaten graft case vs NTC's Cordoba for allowing ABS-CBN TV Plus to continue
NTC Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba argues ABS-CBN TV Plus and Channel 43 are supposedly covered by the cease and desist order issued versus the network, but the NTC fails to strictly implement its own issuance


Marcoleta: Why is Sky Cable allowed to operate with a lapsed franchise?
The NTC cites Executive Order 205 signed by ex-president Cory Aquino in 1987, which 'removed' the franchise requirement for cable TV operators

ABS-CBN accuser Marcoleta asks Gabby Lopez to recite ‘Panatang Makabayan'
Netizens are having none of 1-SAGIP Representative Rodante Marcoleta's antics, calling him a 'joke' for his treatment of the ABS-CBN chairman emeritus

FALSE: ABS-CBN's 'effective tax rate in 2018 was at negative 5%'
ABS-CBN's 2018 audited financial statement says they had an effective tax rate of 4%

Netizens hit Marcoleta's 'distasteful' use of Kim Chiu video at ABS-CBN hearing
'Using Kim Chiu's controversial statement to deliver your point is distasteful humor and a form of shaming that is uncalled for,' says a netizen

‘Bawal magpalabas’? Lawmaker uses viral Kim Chiu video to hit ABS-CBN
House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta ends his speech, too, with a video of Kapamilya star Vice Ganda jokingly challenging Pastor Apollo Quiboloy way back in 2019

Cayetano, House leaders ask Comelec to proclaim Duterte Youth, Senior Citizens
(UPDATED) Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon slams the House resolution, saying it 'encroaches' on the poll body's independence

No bet for Speaker yet, says House party-list bloc
1-Pacman Representative Michael Romero tells party-list bloc members that he just signed the manifesto of support for Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco to 'thwart' a proposed term-sharing agreement among speakership bets

House ends debates on draft federal constitution
Alliance of Concerned Teachers Representative Antonio Tinio fails to block the motion to terminate the debates at the plenary after only 3 session days

Plenary vote will 'most likely' resolve House minority row
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya says the 2017 Supreme Court ruling on the minority leadership states the SC 'cannot intervene in the procedural rules of the House'

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Marcoleta questions SC clerk of court's 'loyalty' in impeachment hearing
'Nagtatrabaho lang tayo....I'm loyal to the institution,' says SC Clerk of Court Felipa Anama, who also tells the House committee on justice that she has served government for 44 years now

[Newspoint] A subhuman perspective on human rights
Marcoleta got the lead role in the emasculation of the Commission on Human Rights and performed it to such perfection he deserves an Espenido medal

Who is Rodante Marcoleta, the man behind the motion for CHR's P1,000-budget?
SAGIP Representative Rodante Marcoleta believes the Commission on Human Rights is not 'validly created' even if its creation is provided for in the 1987 Philippine Constitution

Garin not invited? House probe on dengue vaccine cut short
A lawmaker also wants resource persons to secure approval from the organizations they represent before speaking about the government s school based dengue immunization program

Marcoleta leaves 'legitimate' House minority
The 7 remaining lawmakers in the bloc who consider themselves the real and authentic minority now call themselves the Magnificent 7

Filipinos vs Cha-Cha teach Congress they can disagree with Duterte – lawmakers
The legitimate and real House minority bloc says they prefer to amend the Constitution through a Constitutional Convention purely elected by the people

Iglesia ni Cristo, Corona, and the RH bill
Iglesia s political might may be tested when bills allowing divorce and the death penalty are pushed in Congress

Teary-eyed Lani Mercado complains to House colleagues
In a privilege speech an emotional Cavite Rep Lani Mercado Revilla complains of the shabby treatment she got from 3 lawmakers during Tuesday s proceedings