If you renew it, I don’t know what will happen to you,” Mr. Duterte said in a rambling speech on Monday in M’lang, Cotabato province. “If I were you, just sell it.”Four weeks earlier, Mr. Duterte told the company owners: “Your franchise will end next year. Mr. Duterte has not hidden his displeasure with ABS-CBN since it aired a negative TV ad against him that was paid for by former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV during the presidential campaign. Since Mr. Duterte came to power, Udenna, Uy’s holding company, has rapidly expanded into several businesses. Cayetano vowed that the House would be fair in deliberating the franchise renewal, even if he, too, had a “personal complaint” against the network.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 31, 2019 21:33 UTC