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Entries from June 2010

Cebu’s Bisaya dailies keep focus on local elections

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 ElectionsFourth Monitoring Period(March 28-April 10, 2010)Written on APRIL 20, 2010 – 3:33 AM A month before the May 10, 2010 elections, there was a slight increase in the percentage of election-related reports from 28% in the third monitoring period to 29% in the fourth monitoring period. Both Bisaya-language newspapers […]

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Tags: CCPC Papers and Resolutions

Cebu’s English dailies cover less prominent candidates

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 ElectionsFourth Monitoring Period(March 28-April 10 2010)Written on APRIL 20, 2010 CEBU’S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DAILIES Weeks 7 and 8 covering March 28-April 10, 2010 saw a slight decrease in the number of election-related reports from 388 in Weeks 5 and 6 to 353 reports about the elections. Proportionally however, news content […]

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Tags: CCPC Papers and Resolutions

Bohol mayor won’t close media outlets

June 18th, 2010 · No Comments

CEBU CITIZENS-PRESS COUNCIL SENDS TEAMTagbilaran mayor won’t close media outletsBy Elias O. BaqueroSun.Star Cebu, June 18, 2010 TAGBILARAN City Mayor Dan Lim assured a fact-finding team from the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) he won’t order the closure of The Bohol Chronicle Radio Corp. (BCRC), which operates the Bohol Chronicle newspaper and three radio stations, for […]

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Tags: Announcements · Media issues