Cebu Citizens-Press Council

Cebu Citizens-Press Council’s statementon the executive order on freedom of information July 24, 2016 It’s an executive order, not the law, but it amply shows the president is serious about transparency and access to public information. With the early fulfillment of an election promise, we may now expect the Freedom of Information bill to pass, especially in […]

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By Pachico A. Seares Why should President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement about murdering corrupt journalists appall journalists here and abroad? Because it’s only partly true. Not being exempt from violence is true. The killing part is horribly false. Killers don’t spare journalists if they want to and need to kill them. Journalists are not conferred by […]

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By Justin K. Vestil Journalists in Cebu condemned the recent statement of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte justifying the murder of corrupt journalists. In a statement, the Cebu Citizens Press-Council (CCPC) lamented that the incoming president refuses to abandon the “gospel of death” that he preached during the campaign period.

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By Rosemarie Olaño-Versoza (This article was first published in the Cebu Journalism and Journalists 8 magazine released in September 2013.  Versoza is a member of the Cebu Media Legal Aid, the legal adviser of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council. To date, the Philippines has yet to pass a Freedom of Information law.)    The continuing struggle […]

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By Pachico A. SearesMedia’s PublicSaturday, December 7, 2013 DIDN’T TV networks and other news organizations breach ethics in focusing coverage on their relief work during the Yolanda super-storm last Nov. 8 and the 7.2-magnitude earthquake last Oct. 15? The question was raised at the open forum Tuesday when the Canadian Embassy conferred on Eileen G. […]

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