"Maraming salamat, Kapuso," used to be a phrase that we heard only from Mike Enriquez and GMA-7 voice-over announcer Al Torres. But today, March 6, it was ABS-CBN's—GMA-7’s rival—turn to give thanks to Kapuso stars for showing their support for the Kapamilya network.
In a post by the ABS-CBN News Facebook page, their caption reads, "Maraming salamat, Kapuso!" It features a link to an article that mentions celebrities like Lovi Poe, Gabbi Garcia, Maine Mendoza, Bea Binene, Kara David, Janine Gutierrez, and Julie Anne San Jose entitled "Kapuso celebs send red, green, blue hearts in solidarity with ABS-CBN." These Kapuso stars featured in the article showed their support and sympathy for the Kapamilya network in light of the National Telecommunications Commission ordering the network to stop their operations yesterday, May 5.
Part of the article reads: "As the Kapamilya network signed off Tuesday in compliance with [the] cease and desist order from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), personalities from rival station GMA-7, too, were among those who expressed support for ABS-CBN's continued service.
"The show of solidarity ranged from calling out the attack on press freedom, to messages of hope that ABS-CBN will overcome the challenge—most of them with heart emojis in red, green, and blue, symbolizing the network."
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN executive Charo Santos-Concio also posted a message of thanks on her Instagram account:
This story originally appeared on PEP.ph. Minor edits and translation have been made by the Spot.ph editors.