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Some five weeks after the first hearing, Rep. Lito Atienza called the inquiry into ABSCBN’s bid for a new 25-year franchise “among the longest.”
May 5
ABS-CBN signs off after the airing of “TV Patrol” to comply with the cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) following the expiration of its congressional franchise on May 4
May 26
ABS-CBN president Carlo L. Katigbak (CLK) gives his opening statement at the first hearing led by the Joint Committee on Legislative Franchises and Good Government and Public Accountability
June 1
CLK responds to various issues, including the interpretation of the 50-year franchise limit and ABS-CBN’s issuance of Philippine Deposit Receipts (PDRs), at the second hearing
June 3
ABS-CBN chairman emeritus Eugenio Lopez III (EL3), at the third hearing, asserts that he is a natural-born Filipino as both his parents are Filipino
June 8
“When ABS-CBN was taken off the air, over three million Filipinos no longer receive the signal that allowed them to be informed about the issues that beset the country… Those signals we put in those areas will not generate the kind of income that will allow you as a businessman to have an adequate return,” EL3 says at the fourth panel hearing, which again zeroes in on his citizenship
June 11
At the fifth hearing, CLK explains that the sale of the ABS-CBN TVplus boxes is “in compliance with the directive of NTC to migrate our broadcast to digital” by 2023, as stated in the framework for the digital terrestrial television broadcasting migration plan released in 2017
Additionally, ABS-CBN legal counsel Atty. Cynthia del Castillo clarifies that ABS-CBN Corporation and ABS-CBN Holdings are “two different companies and it is ABS-CBN Holdings that is the one issuing the PDRs”; moreover, holders of ABS-CBN Holdings PDRs are only passive investors
June 15
“Two administrations [Pres. Cory Aquino and Pres. Fidel Ramos administrations] gave imprimatur for the return of the possession of ABS-CBN of its real estate, properties and broadcast equipment. And even the Supreme Court, one validating the agreement to arbitrate and another one for the factual circumstances, lends constitutionality to the return,” Atty. Arecio Rendor Jr. points out at the sixth hearing focusing on the closure of ABS-CBN and its eventual return to the Lopezes after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship
June 17
Former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile testifies at the seventh hearing, saying that while ABS-CBN’s facilities were seized by the Marcos government in 1972, the titles remained with the company’s owners
June 29
The block time agreement with AMCARA Broadcasting Network which allowed ABSCBN to continue broadcasting via ABS-CBN TVplus on the Channel 43 frequency is examined at the eighth hearing. CLK says the cease and desist order did not include Channel 43
June 30
Labor issues are tackled at the ninth hearing, with network executives answering questions regarding program-based contracts and other practices unique to the industry
The network complies with an alias cease and desist order from NTC to cease and desist from operating digital TV transmission in Metro Manila through Channel 43
July 1
At the 10th hearing, ABS-CBN responds to allegations that it uses ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. and Big Dipper Digital Content and Design Inc. as tax shields
July 2
Tax issues are again brought up at the 11th panel hearing
July 6
Allegations of biased reporting and questions about the morality of its content are leveled against the network at the 12th hearing
July 9
A final hearing is conducted for the summation of the earlier hearings
July 10
Members of the House of Representatives vote 70-11 to deny the network’s application for a new franchise
Here's how the Philippines fared in its fight against COVID-19 in the past couple of weeks.
June 30
At the five-month mark since its first case, the country records 1,080 new cases to push its total past the 37,000 mark, while the number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 reaches 10,233
July 1
The Philippines adds 999 patients to increase its total to 38,511 confirmed COVID19 cases
The general community quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila is extended for another two weeks; also placed under GCQ are Benguet, Rizal and Cavite in Luzon and eight areas in the Visayas
July 3
With 1,531 new infections, the Philippines logs a total of 40,336 COVID-19 cases; 400 recoveries tow the country past the 11,000 mark to 11,073
Apr. 9
Global COVID-19 infections hit 1,502,478, about a week after hitting the 1 million mark
Apr. 11
The Department of Health changes the classifications for persons being checked for COVID-19 to “suspect” and “probable” for patients under investigation, and “confirmed” for those with positive results
Apr. 12
The Philippines increases its testing centers to 15
Apr. 14
The country records 5,223 COVID-19 cases, 335 fatalities and 295 recoveries
Start of “progressive mass testing,” where high-risk patients (people with severe flulike symptoms, the elderly, those with preexisting health conditions, pregnant women with mild symptoms and healthcare workers with respiratory symptoms) are prioritized
May 15
The Philippines moves past the 12,000 mark with 12,091 total COVID-19 cases; survivors are at 2,460 while 806 have died. The National Capital Region (NCR) accounts for 144 of the 215 new cases
May 20
As recoveries approach the 3,000 mark, 279 new cases push the country’s total cases to 13,221; 150 of the new cases are reported in Metro Manila
Globally, the tally hits 5 million total COVID-19 infections, with the US reporting 1.5 million, followed by Russia, Brazil, the UK and Spain
May 24
The number of infections reaches 14,035, with 195 of the 258 new cases coming from Metro Manila
May 27
The Philippines reports 15,049 COVID-19 infections, with NCR accounting for 254 of the 380 new cases. Recoveries reach 3,506 while fatalities are at 904
May 28
Metro Manila is set to transition to a two-week “general community quarantine” (GCQ) starting June 1
May 29
The national total rises to 16,634 with the addition of 1,046 cases—1,000 of these are “late cases” or tests whose results were released “more than four days ago” and 46 are “fresh cases” with test results released “within the last three days”
To date, the Philippines has set up 37 facilities to screen for COVID-19 and 11 labs to conduct RT-PCR tests
May 30
At the four-month mark since its first case, the country lists 252 fresh cases and 338 late cases, for a total of 17,224 individuals ill with COVID-19
May 31
The country logs 18,086 cases, as well as a total of 957 deaths and 3,909 recoveries
Meanwhile, cases top 6 million globally, with 1.7 cases reported in the US. The US also accounts for some 103,000 out of 368,000 deaths overall
June 3
The Philippines jumps past the 19,000 mark to 19,748 on Day 3 of the GCQ after reporting 751 new cases (221 fresh cases and 530 late cases)
June 4
The addition of 634 new cases (313 fresh cases and 321 late cases) brings the Philippines’ total to 20,382
June 6
With 350 fresh cases (104 from Metro Manila, 171 from Central Visayas and 75 from other areas) and 364 late cases, the country tallies a total of 21,340 COVID-19 infections
June 7
Nine fatalities raise the Philippines’ total to 1,003, while recoveries from COVID-19 are at 4,530
June 8
The country logs 22,474 confirmed cases of COVID19 infections after 331 fresh cases and 248 late cases are reported
The pandemic is reported to have killed 400,052 globally—among nations, the toll remains highest in the US with almost 110,000, followed by Britain, Brazil, Italy and France. Also, COVID-19 has sickened more than 7 million people thus far
June 10
Aside from passing the 23,000 mark to reach 23,732 COVID19 infections, the country also reports 159 recoveries to bring the total recoveries to 4,895
June 11
With 253 fresh cases and 190 late cases, the Philippines slips past the 24,000 mark to notch 24,175 COVID-19 cases
June 13
Philippine COVID-19 infections are now at 25,392; the latest figure includes 504 fresh cases and 103 late cases
June 15
The GCQ in Metro Manila is extended until June 30 After the addition of 348 fresh cases and 142 late cases, the Philippine tally reaches 26,420 persons ill with COVID-19
June 16
The world records more than 8 million confirmed cases, while recoveries pass 3.8 million. The US, Brazil and the UK lead in terms of the number of deaths, now totaling more than 400,000 globally
Dec. 31, 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that it has been notified by China of 41 cases of pneumonia of unknown origin
Jan. 1, 2020
Authorities close Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, said to be the source of the outbreak
Jan. 7
The novel coronavirus (nCoV) SARS-CoV-2 is identified as the cause of the disease
Jan. 11
The first nCoV death is reported in China
Jan. 13
The first case of nCoV outside China is reported in Thailand
Jan. 23
The city of Wuhan is placed under quarantine, with Hubei province following days later
Jan. 30
The Philippines reports its first nCoV case, a 38-year-old foreign national who had traveled from Wuhan and Hong Kong. Patients 2 and 3 are also reported on this date The WHO declares the outbreak a global public health emergency of international concern after cases are reported in five of the six WHO regions in a month
Feb. 2
The country’s Patient 2, said to be the husband of Patient 1, becomes the first nCoV fatality outside mainland China. Patient 1 recovers from the disease
Feb. 11
The WHO names the disease “COVID-19”: “’CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus’ and ‘D’ for ‘disease,’ while ‘19’ was for the year, as the outbreak was first identified on December 31”
Mar. 5
The country reports two COVID-19 patients, the first locals to contract the disease
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