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Philippines’ Duterte Seeks End of Broadcast Foe

Solicitor general seeks ouster through Supreme Court

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Feb 10, 2020
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As expected, the increasingly autocratic administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has acted to try to shut down the Philippines’ biggest news and media corporation, ABS-CBN, via a petition filed with the Philippine Supreme Court by the nominally independent solicitor general’s office 

Solicitor General Jose Calida, who insisted Duterte had nothing to …

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