People from Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) take part in a protest against the Philippine government-ordered shutdown of broadcaster ABS-CBN while observing social distancing outside the College of Mass Communication at the University of the Philippines in Manila on May 8, 2020. - AFP
MANILA (AP): The Philippines' largest TV and radio network, which was shut this week by a government regulator, asked the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 7) to allow it to return to the air amid an uproar over its closure.
ABS-CBN Corp said in its petition to the court that the Tuesday closure order by the National Telecommunications Commission muzzled freedom of the press and removed a major provider of news and entertainment while millions are under a coronavirus lockdown.
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