A joint congressional panel on Thursday ordered all mass media firms, especially major broadcasting firms, granted legislative franchises and have issued Philippine Deposit Receipts (PDR) to submit documents relative to their transactions.

This developed as Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor reminded broadcast giant ABS-CBN that the constitutional provision on media ownership requires them to be unadulterated and wholly Filipino enterprise.

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