Cebu Citizens Press Council

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 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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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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Malacañang distortion
A Dec. 6 press release of Malacañang, apparently picked up from the government-run Philippines News Agency (PNA), did not present the true context of the resolution approved by the Cebu Citizens-Press Council last Dec. 5.
One, the press release omitted a vital part of the resolution that qualifies the appeal. The following proviso in [...]

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