CCPC honors first Cebuano Press Freedom martyr

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu media industry, on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2022, honored the life and works of four notable Cebuanos who have contributed greatly to advancing free press in their various capacities as journalist-lawyers…

Cebu journ, comm students told: Do not deny history

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Do not deny history. This was just one of the messages imparted to journalism and communication students in Cebu who participated in a forum about Martial Law held on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.…

Meet the officers of CFBJ for 2022 to 2023 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Federation of Beat Journalists (CFBJ) on Sunday, September 18, unveiled the list of officers for the year 2022 to 2023. CFBJ on Sunday conducted its election in Cebu Quincentennial Hotel, which…

Race against forgetting the fight for freedom

Pooled Editorial 09/19/2022

FIFTY years is a long time, long enough for memories to fade. But what happened on September 21, 1972, will stand out despite the years because the dictatorship that followed was not mere chismis (gossip). On that…

Cebu opens 30th Press Freedom Week in the ‘new normal’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s media industry welcomed on Sunday, September 18 the 30th year of the Cebu Press Freedom Week.  For this year, Press Freedom Week will be reviving several physical activities, after two years of…

The cry of press freedom

Kay Rivera - @inquirerdotnet 09/20/2021

Many have already written about Toni Gonzaga’s interview with Bongbong Marcos, a piece of historical whitewashing in the guise of banal conversation. Prominent figures have come to the defense of Gonzaga’s freedom to interview whoever she wants…

FACES OF CEBU: RC Dalaguit-De Vela, radio anchor/reporter

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Journalists face daily challenges just to provide factual and truthful news to the public as the professional and personal lives of reporters often intertwine in the vocation of truth-finding. From September 22 to…

Cebu media receive health kits from CCC

PR 09/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In appreciation of their contributions in the fight against COVID-19, Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) honored the media practitioners in Cebu by distributing health kits to 175 journalists coming from the different media outfits.…

Bukidnon town police logic: If you fight for press freedom, you’re communist or terrorist

Jigger J. Jerusalem - @inquirerdotnet 07/17/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY——-The police are at it again. The police station of Malaybalay City in Bukidnon province has put out an infographic on Thursday (July 16) that depicts people who campaign for press freedom and the…

ABS-CBN vows comeback after being shut down by government

Miguel R. Camus, Patricia Denise M. Chiu 05/06/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — ABS-CBN shut down on Tuesday evening its radio and television operations nationwide in compliance with an order from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), which had turned its back on a commitment it made…

‘Vindictive’ Duterte ‘hellbent’ to shut down ABS-CBN, says NUJP

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - INQUIRER.net 02/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines – The quo warranto petition against broadcast firm ABS-CBN is proof that President Rodrigo Duterte is exhausting all possible means to close down the media outfit, a group said on Monday. According to the National…

House bill wants ‘porn’ tag on tabloids with sexual stories, images

Pathricia Ann V. Roxas - INQUIRER.net 09/25/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo has filed a bill that would classify tabloids containing sexual stories and images as pornographic or x-rated. House Bill No. 4733, or the proposed “National Restriction on Tabloids Act,” seeks…

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