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PH House: ABS-CBN franchise application would have to wait until next Congress

CALLS to revive the franchise of broadcast giant ABS-CBN will have to wait until the next Congress is in session, according to Philippine House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco. Velasco said that the House of Representatives will focus on the priority measures of the current administration. “With a little over a year until the 2022 elections,…

Velasco is new PH House Speaker, Cayetano resigns

The Philippine House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 13, ratified the election of Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco as the new speaker, unseating Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano. In a plenary session inside the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, a total of 186 House members voted to ratify Velasco’s election in a bid to…