CCPC statement on the Maguindanao Massacre court ruling
The 2009 Maguindanao massacre was known not only as “an unprecedented case of election-related violence.” It was also billed as “an exceptionally brutal attack on the press.”…
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Fake News: View of a non-journalist
By Rev. Fr. Ramon D. Echica [Based on his talk at the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) media forum during Cebu Press Freedom Week 2019,…
Cebu journalists exposed to China media, culture in group visits
It is new only because the invitation comes from China through “private organizations.” For decades a similar grant, but for trips to the United States,…
THE 2019 DILI DIALOGUE FORUM
CCPC attendance at Timor Leste meeting enables it to share, and compare, its experience on press councils with other media groups in the region By…
Museum’s media gallery inspires students
(This article was first printed in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Sept. 15, 2012.) By Charisse Ursal of Inquirer Visayas CEBU CITY—A visit to a…
Olga Marie “Gingging” Campaña, 46
A week after suffering from a brain hemorrhage indicating an aneurysm, Olga Marie “Gingging” A. Campaña, news editor of SunStar Cebu, died on January 18,…
Rappler has right to continue publishing
CEBU CITIZENS-PRESS COUNCIL (CCPC) STATEMENT January 16, 2018 Rappler has right to go on publishing. And it’s not a matter of procedure. The Securities and Exchange…
Will reporters receiving City Hall aid be required to suppress information? Cebu Citizens-Press Council asks
COMMENT ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE GRANTING FUND AID TO REPORTERS COVERING ANTI-CRIME OPERATION —————————– January 16, 2018 1. Financial aid from the government, local or national, has been occasionally granted and accepted…
Mercado receives Asia Communication Award
Journalism icon Juan Mercado finally received his silver plaque as 2014 AMIC Asia Communication Awardee three years after having been recognized by the group for…
Libel, ‘false’ news now carry stiffer fines
CCPC cautions journalists Libel now carries a higher penalty of fine, from the old rate of P200 to P6,000 to the new rate of P40,000…
