MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines’ Carillon Tower bells in Diliman, Quezon City, will again toll tomorrow, Sunday, in a call for media freedom and in solidarity with ABS-CBN workers who were laid off after a House panel rejected the broadcasting giant’s bid for a new 25-year franchise.
UP Diliman has announced that the UP Carillon Tower bells rang on Saturday at 6 p.m. and will ring again at 7 p.m. on July 19.
“On July 18 and 19 at 6 and at 7 p.m., the bells will play the iconic six notes of the ABS-CBN ID for a minute, followed by a tolling of the bells for five minutes, then end with the same six notes for another minute,” UP Diliman tweeted Saturday.
“This is to express the University’s call for media freedom and solidarity with the employees of ABS-CBN affected by the decision of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises to deny ABS-CBN a renewal of its franchise, voting 70-11,” it added.
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See the UP Carillon bells toll for media freedomhttps://t.co/PIlt5umno2
— UP Diliman (@Official_UPD) July 18, 2020
Saturday’s ringing of bells was aired live through the Facebook page of DZUP, the university’s official radio station: