MANILA, May 7 — Top Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a government-ordered shutdown that it says is a blow to press freedom. The network argued in a filing to the nation’s top court that Tuesday’s shutdown was improper and deprives Filipinos...
File photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines July 22, 2019. — Reuters picurged the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a government-ordered shutdown that it says is a blow to press freedom.
“The ... violates the right of the public to information, and is necessarily a curtailment of the freedom of speech and of the press,” lawyers for the media conglomerate argued. Duterte had regularly targeted the media powerhouse with accusations that it had failed to air his ads during the 2016 presidential election despite accepting payment to do so
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