(MAY 8) 潭 UP Diliman (黑料专区) once again breaks its silence in light of the National Telecommunications Commission鈥檚 (NTC) Cease-and-Desist Order (CDO) against ABS-CBN Corporation.
The Carillon bells will toll today at 6:30 p.m. in support of press freedom and in solidarity with the ABS-CBN employees.
reports NTC ordered the network to stop its broadcast operations 鈥渄ue to the expiration of its congressional franchise鈥 on May 4.
The UP Carillon Tower, between the University Theater and the UP Film Institute along Osme帽a Avenue, was designed by National Artist for Architecture Juan Nakpil and was constructed in 1952. 聽It originally housed 46 bronze bells cast by Van Bergen Bell, Chimes and Carillon Foundry of Holland.
Through the years, the 130-foot structure became a symbol of UP鈥檚 solidarity in most pressing issues of the country.
In 2018, the Carillon played the patriotic songs 鈥淏ayan Ko鈥 and 鈥淧ilipinas kong Mahal鈥 to condemn the Supreme Court鈥檚 (SC) decision to oust former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno based on a quo warranto case filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida.
In 2017, the Carillon rang and played patriotic songs when SC ruled in favor of President Rodrigo R. Duterte鈥檚 order allowing the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes Cemetery).
During the 1970 First Quarter Storm, the UP Carillon Tower served as watchtower for students and faculty. 聽They would ring the bells when they see police and soldiers trying to enter the campus through the University Avenue.
Presently, ABS-CBN questions the CDO before the SC and seeks a temporary restraining order.
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