Cebu Citizens-Press Council

CEBU CITIZENS-PRESS COUNCIL RESOLUTION #2, SERIES OF 2016, REQUESTING MANDAUE CITY MAYOR LUIGI QUISUMBING TO LIFT RESTRICTION ON MEDIA INTERVIEWS WHEREAS, Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing has issued Memorandum Order CMO-080816 dated Aug. 8, 2016, signed by Atty. Mae Elaine Bathan, his chief of staff, under the mayor’s authority;

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OPINION OF THE CEBU CITIZENS-PRESS COUNCIL ON GOV. JUNJUN DAVIDE’S EXECUTIVE ORDER #15, S. 2016Nov. 24, 2016 We appreciate the intent of Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III in its Executive Order #15, series of 2016, (dated Aug. 30, 2016 but released in its final form only recently).

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OPINION OF CEBU CITIZENS-PRESS COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE OF THE CEBU CITY COUNCILNov. 6, 2016 Based on the collegial view of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC), expressed in Resolution #1, series of 2016, approved during its 44th en banc membership meeting last Sept. 22, 2016 at Quest Hotel, may we state first what we […]

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RESOLUTION REQUESTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HELP FULFILL THE INTENT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (FOI) AS INITIALLY PROVIDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 02, SERIES 2016, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DUTERTE JULY 23, 2016, AND AS PROPOSED IN AN FOI LAW TO BE ENACTED BY CONGRESS.Sept. 22, 2016 CCPC RESOLUTION #1, Series of 2016

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By Mayette Q. Tabada (The Cebu Citizens-Press Council’s project to find out the transparency stance and mechanisms of the potential heads of selected local government units in Cebu started before the May 2016 elections. Questions formulated by University of the Philippines Cebu assistant professor Mayette Tabada and University of San Jose-Recoletos Department of Journalism and […]

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