ON Monday, Feb 10, Philippine Solicitor-General Jose Calida filed a “quo warranto” * petition against ABS-CBN, the republic’s most popular television station (with over 72.3 million weekly viewers and a 47% viewership share) as well as a perceived critic of President Rodrigo Duterte – in effect, attempting to force it off air.
The next day, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr signed a notice terminating the republic’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States.
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