Philippine TV network’s shutdown amid pandemic sparks uproar

Alarm over a Philippine government agency’s shutdown of the country’s largest TV and radio network heightened Wednesday with a top official warning that taking a major provider of news on the coronavirus pandemic off the air could cost lives. International watchdogs also condemned the closure of ABS-CBN Corp., which President Rodrigo Duterte has targeted in the past for its critical coverage, as a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy. The National Telecommunications Commission ordered the media giant to stop operating after its 25-year congressional franchise ended Monday.

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