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Music icons Sharon, Regine, Sarah back ABS-CBN amid forced shutdown

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/05/06/3stars.jpg"/><figcaption>Sarah Geronimo, Sharon Cuneta, and Regine Velasquez last shared the stage during ABS-CBN&#x27;s 2019 Christmas concert. Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B57k5YyFLmc/" target="_blank">@sarahgeronimoshots</a></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — Sharon Cuneta, Regine Velasquez, and Sarah Geronimo — music icons from different generations — were among the stars who expressed support for ABS-CBN as the network was forced to halt its broadcast operations on Tuesday.The three singers, all current artists of ABS-CBN, each shared their statement backing their professional home through social media.Cuneta brought up the employees of ABS-CBN — an estimated 11,000 — whose livelihood have been put in jeopardy because of the government-imposed closure.&quot;Iniisip at inaalala naming artists ng aming tahanan, ang ABS-CBN, ang ilampung-libong empleyadong lumaki nang kasama ko, at ang mga batang bagong empleyado pa lamang ng aming istasyon... You are all in my heart and prayers. We love our home. And some people have made us homeless now... May God bless us all,&quot; she wrote on Instagram.Cuneta, 54, is dubbed local showbiz&#x27;s &quot;Megastar&quot; and has been a Kapamilya for a greater part of her 42-year career. She has been vocal of considering her colleagues as her own family.&quot;Sa gitna ng aming kalungkutan at mga luha, nais lamang po naming ipaalam sa inyo na kami ay mananatiling inyong nagmamahal na Kapamilya... hanggang dulo mamahalin namin kayo. Maraming, maraming salamat po sa inyong pagmamahal sa aming pamilya sa loob ng 67 na taon,&quot; she said.Velasquez, 50, similarly showed solidarity with ABS-CBN through successive posts sharing the network&#x27;s logo against a black background and its official statement.&quot;Para sa #MalayangPamamahayag. Hanggang sa muli, Kapamilya,&quot; she wrote in separate tweets.Dubbed &quot;Asia&#x27;s Songbird,&quot; Velasquez was a Kapamilya in the late &#x27;80s with the musical programs &quot;Teen Pan Alley&quot; and &quot;Triple Treat.&quot; She returned to the network in 2018 after decades with rival station GMA-7.Velasquez&#x27;s ward, Geronimo, meanwhile broke her usual inactivity on social media with a message of support for ABS-CBN.&quot;Praying for my ABS-CBN family,&quot; the 31-year-old hitmaker said in a rare personal update on her Instagram page.

Sharon Cuneta, Regine Velasquez, and Sarah Geronimo — music icons from different generations — were among the stars who expressed support for ABS-CBN as the network was forced to halt its broadcast operations on Tuesday.

Sharon Cuneta, Regine Velasquez, and Sarah Geronimo — music icons from different generations — were among the stars who expressed support for ABS-CBN as the network was forced to halt its broadcast operations on Tuesday.