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Entries from December 2007

CCPC resolution opposing bills that legislate the right to reply

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

RESOLUTION OPPOSING SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS LEGISLATING RIGHT TO REPLY
BELIEVING that a free press protects press freedom and all other freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution, including the democratic way of life itself;
CONVINCED that the core of press freedom is the right of journalists to choose what to publish and what not to publish, restrained only [...]

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Position paper on bills legislating the right to reply

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

POSITION TAKEN DURING A MEETING OF LAWYERS (MEMBERS OF CEBU MEDIA LEGAL AID) AND NEWSPAPER AND BROADCAST EDITORS LAST DEC. 5, 2007 AT CEBU CITY MARRIOTT HOTEL
From the lawyers’ viewpoint
RIGHT TO REPLY CANNOT BE LEGISLATED, much more criminalized, because it will be unconstitutional:
[1] Press freedom. Sec. 4, Art. III of the 1987 Constitution of the
Philippines [...]

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Achievements of the CCPC in the last two years

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

SINCE the revival of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council in September 2005,
the council has accomplished the following:
[1] It opened the MBF Cebu Press Center in Lahug, Cebu City as a receiving
center for complaints addressed to the CCPC.

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Minutes of September 2007 meeting

December 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Cebu Citizens-Press Council
Annual and 8th Quarterly En Banc Meeting
September 21, 2007, Cebu City Marriott Hotel
CCPC Members Present
Sabino Dapat, Fr. Ramon Echica, Mario King, Jose Rafael Ferreros, Mayette Q. Tabada, Mia Embalzado, Edward Abad, Leo Lastimosa, Ryan Borinaga, Connie Fernandez, Pachico Seares, Divine Ngujo and Anol Mongaya.

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