Cebu Citizens Press Council

RESOLUTION ON BILLS
PROMOTING JOURNALISTS’ WELFARE
10th Quarterly Meeting
Cebu Citizens-Press Council
March 24, 2008
Acknowledging
The good intentions of Sen. Loren Legarda for her Senate Bill #1398 and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada for his Senate Bill #9, as recited in the preamble of each proposal;
The merit of some provisions in the bills that are aimed at protecting and improving the welfare [...]

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ARGUMENTS ON BILLS SEEKING TO PROMOTE WELFARE
OF JOURNALISTS
(Adopted by Cebu print and broadcast editors and representatives of the Cebu Media Legal Aid at a meeting held March 12, 2008 at Cebu City Marriott Hotel)
[1] Government interference.
Proposed creation of a national coordinating council for media and the drafting of a code of conduct for journalists by [...]

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RESOLUTION ON DECRIMINALIZING LIBEL
10th Quarterly Meeting
Cebu Citizens-Press Council
March 24, 2008
Knowing that
There are at least six (6) bills filed with the Senate–SB 918 (Sen. Edgardo Angara), SB 110 (Sen. Mar Roxas), SB 223 (Sen. Loren Legarda), SB 1403 (Sen. Francis Escudero), SB 5 (Sen. Jinggoy Estrada) and SB 2108 (Sen. Richard Gordon)–and one bill with the [...]

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Decriminalizing Libel
ARGUMENTS FOR PROVISIONS IN SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS THAT THE CEBU PRESS SUPPORTS
(Adopted by newspaper and broadcast editors and representatives of the Cebu Media Legal Aid at a meeting held last March 12, 2008 at Cebu City Marriott Hotel)
[1] Removing jail term as penalty
No journalist wants to end up in jail for what he [...]

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Cebu Citizens-Press Council
Minutes of the 9th Quarterly Meeting
December 14, 2007, MBF Cebu Press Center

CCPC Members Present
Sabino Dapat (presiding officer), Atty. Jonathan Capanas, Fr. Aloysius Cartagenas, Mario King, Jose Rafael Ferreros, Mayette Q. Tabada, Mia Embalzado, Edward Abad, Leo Lastimosa, Pachico Seares, Divine Ngujo (alternate of Jerry Tundag), Eileen Mangubat and Anol Mongaya.

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