Talisay SP resolution supports broadcast, press freedom week

CEBU, Philippines – Talisay City Councilors Danilo Caballero and Valeriano Ylanan have authored a resolution which expresses the city’s support to Cebu Broadcasters’ Month and the 18th edition of Press Freedom Week from September 16 to 22.

Caballero and Ylanan acknowledge the role of the media as ally or partner of government, partner in the sense that media is being used by the government for information dissemination and public relations machinery so projects and programs of government will reach the people.

“The media also play the so-called adversarial role as watchdogs of the government because they expose wrongdoings, excesses, and abuses of those who are in power,” the resolution reads.

“As the country recalls one of its darkest eras, print and broadcast journalists here set aside intense competition for a week to celebrate press freedom,” they said. 

The Cebu Press Freedom Week, falls every third week of September to coincide with the anniversary of the declaration of martial law on September 21, 1972.

The celebration officially started in September 1994, but the annual press freedom commemoration began in November 1990.  – THE FREEMAN