Fans of Willie Revillame will have to wait until September 20 before he could go back to host popular noontime show, Wowowee.  Since Wilie’s the controversial comment last August 3, 2009 regarding the video inserts of burial of late Pres. Cory Aquino, Willie was not seen on Wowowee.  There are even petition to oust Willie as the host of the noontime show.  His mother network  ABS-CBN reported that will has extended his leave of absence and will allow him to resume hosting on Sept 21, 2009.  On the other hand the Daily Inquirer reported that Revillame’s  “extended his leave of absence” is a part of the “reconciliation/compromise settlement” by ABS-CBN and MTRCB.

Aside from the extended Willie’s “extended leave of absence”, MTRCB commanded that the dance segment of Luningning and Saicy Aguila will be removed from the show.  Here’s the excerpt of the ABS-CBN official statement:

“In the interest of self-regulation, ABS-CBN has availed of the conciliation process under Section 6, Rule 7, of the MTRCB Rules of Procedures, regarding the incidents involving Mr. Willie Revillame in the Program Wowowee. After having considered the facts, issues and terms of self-regulation to be imposed in the pertinent cases, the MTRCB has approved the same.
“WHEREOF, the ABS-CBN shall undertake to perform the following:

1.  Extend Mr. Revillame’s leave until 20 September 2009, and
2.  Remove the present dance segment of Luningning and Saicy.

“FURTHER, ABS-CBN reiterates that it is fully aware of its legal and moral responsibilities as a broadcaster and shall undertake to continue to uphold the values and customs of the Filipino viewing public.”

Well, Willie is not new in the suspension thing he had been suspended for several time in the past and he survived it.  And I think he can survive this one as well.

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