The denial of ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal application by the House of Representatives is a “big blow to Philippine democracy,” Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon said yesterday.
About 2.4 kilos of suspected shabu, worth P24 million, were seized from three suspects during a buy-bust operation in Purok Datiles, Phase 4, in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City, at about 9 a.m. yesterday.
Residents of Purok Fire in Barangay 8, Bacolod City, yesterday staged a protest and sought help after their main passageway was blocked by a perimeter fence put up by the Bureau of Fire Protection-Bacolod.
Incumbent Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president BambolTolentino named his two vice presidential candidates for the organization’s upcoming general election.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Talisay City in Negros Occidental expressed solidarity with ABS-CBN following the denial of its franchise application by the House committee on legislative franchises.