ABS-CBN Corp. Chairman Emeritus Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez 3rd insisted that he is a Filipino when he attended for the first time the joint committee hearing on the network’s franchise at the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
ON THE SPOT Eugenio Lopez 3rd, chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN Corp., answers questions during the hearing by the Committees on Legislative Franchises and Good Government and Public Accountability of the House of Representatives on the media company’s petition for a legislative franchise on June 3, 2020. ABS-CBN was shut down on May 5, a day after its 25-year license to operate lapsed. SCREENGRAB FROM HoR FB PAGE