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Philippine lawmakers have voted to reject the license renewal of the country’s largest TV network, A

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Supporters of the country's largest TV network ABS-CBN shout slogans during a rally outside the House of Representatives in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Thursday, July 9, 2020. ABS-CBN was shut down by the government's telecommunications regulator in May after its 25-year franchise expired. Congress has been hearing the network's request for a franchise renewal. The shutdown has been criticized as it cut off a major source of information on the COVID-19 pandemic in a Southeast Asian hot spot of the disease. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Lawmakers vote to shut down Philippines’ largest TV network

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 3, 2019, file photo, protesters rally outside the armed forces headquarters to mark World Press Freedom Day which was declared by the UN General Assembly in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine government’s chief lawyer is asking the Supreme Court to shut down the country’s largest TV network by revoking its operating franchises because of alleged constitutional violations, in a move critics call an attempt to muzzle the media. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File )

Philippine gov’t asks court to shut down leading TV network

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press