These Metro Cover Girls Paid Tribute To ABS-CBN As It Went Off Air

Last night, in a chilling event in Philippine history, ABS-CBN was forced to go off air as the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order against the country's largest broadcast network, which signed off at around 7:30 in the evening, right after news program TV Patrol. 

ABS-CBN Corporation employs around 11,000 people, who were stunned to find out that the company they have grown to know as their second home is being shaken at its core, inevitably facing trying times ahead.

The overwhelming outpour of support and love on social media was apparent as the television screen faded to black, with #NotoABSCBNShutdown becoming the top 1 trending topic on Twitter all evening. This included tribute messages from METRO magazine cover girls, the likes of Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo, Bea Alonzo, Kim Chiu, Angel Locsin, Agot Isidro, and more.

METRO, being a part of ABS-CBN's 66-year history, just turned 30 years old last year, and part of the celebration was a special series of covers featuring thirty women who have graced the magazine's covers in the past. A part of the anniversary special was a print edition wherein Kim, Judy Ann, and Bea led the pack of brilliant women METRO has ever put on its covers.

Being true blue Kapamilyas, these METRO cover girls expressed their sentiments over the shutdown that has taken the country by surprise. We've seen them in countless iconic teleseryes, big-screen hits, magazine covers, and everything in between, and to see the channel we all grew up with go off air practically meant we would not be seeing these actresses on the small screen in quite a long time.

While they fervently pray for ABS-CBN to once again be granted the franchise to go on air, they are armed with a treasure trove of memories of channel 2—one that they can always look back on. For now, they keep their hopes up, and keep their head high until they see a brighter day.

METRO Cover Girls' Tributes to ABS-CBN

Scroll ahead to see some of the METRO ladies' sentiments, and messages of love to the company they call home. 

Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo

Bea Alonzo

Kim Chiu

Angel Locsin

Agot Isidro

Kathryn Bernardo

Maja Salvador

Pia Wurtzbach

Julia Barretto

Liza Soberano

MayMay Entrata

KC Concepcion

Anne Curtis

Toni Gonzaga

Angelica Panganiban

Angel Aquino

Charlene Gonzalez

Dawn Zulueta

Ruffa Gutierrez

Iza Calzado

Sarah Lahbati