Here’s a quick guide to the rules on political advertisements for radio and television stations for the May 10, 2010 elections based on Resolution No. 8758 of the Commission on Elections. The resolution implements the Fair Election Act. A copy of the resolution can be downloaded here.
- The rules on political advertisements cover the campaign period, which is February 9 to May 8, 2010 for the election of President, Vice-President, Senators and Party-List Representatives and March 26 to May 8, 2010 for the election of members of the House of Representatives and elective provincial, city and municipal officials.
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“I came to the Philippines in 1938 and have never regretted one moment of the time. I have been in media in the Philippines for a lifetime – from 1938 until the present. And I feel that media and the Filipino people have given more to me than I have given to them and they are the most lovable people on the surface of the earth. God bless you all!” With these few simple words, Fr. James Reuter received the Golden Dove Award for Lifetime Achievement from the KBP last November 13 in Tagaytay.
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The KBP deeply mourns the demise of Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, one-time KBP Board Chairman. Remonde died last January 19, 2010 due to cardiac arrest. He was 51.
To many in the KBP, Remonde’s death was a personal loss. He was personally in touch with many members of the association even after he left it to join government. Almost every member of the association has a personal memory of him.
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KBP president Herman Z. Basbaño was appointed as a member of an independent Commission created by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo through Administrative Order No. 275 to investigate the “existence of private armed groups with a view to dismantling them permanently.”
Basbaño represents the media in the Commission whose other members include Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos of Butuan, representing the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines; Read more »
About 70 station managers representing 36 KBP Local Chapters from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are expected to attend this year’s KBP National Chapter Leaders Conference. This is the 13th year that the KBP’s Local Chapter leaders’ conference will be held since the late Press Secretary Cerge Remonde initiated it in 1997 when he was KBP Board Chairman.
The KBP National Chapter Leaders Conference will be held at Clark Field, Pampanga from February 18 to 21, according to KBP Internal Relations Committee chairman Manny Luzon, who is in charge of the project this year.
The conference will cover the following topics: covering the 2010 automated elections, KBP Advertising Standards, implementation of the KBP Broadcast Code, and issues and concerns in Local Chapter operations.
The members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines) or KBP have elected its officers for 2010. They are:
Ruperto S. Nicdao, Jr. – Chairman, Board of Trustees
Butch S. Canoy - Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees
Herman Z. Basbaño - President and Trustee
Atom L. Henares - Executive Vice-President and Trustee
March S. Ventosa - Vice-President for Television and Trustee
Manny F. Luzon - Vice-President for Radio and Trustee
Joselito G. Yabut - Treasurer and Trustee
Fr. Manuel B. Bongayan, SVD – Treasurer and Trustee
Albert S. Sikat - Trustee
Francis L. Cardona - Trustee
Erwin Galang - Trustee
Radio and television stations belonging to the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines) or KBP expressed their mourning for the 57 victims of the Maguindanao massacre, among whom were 30 media men, by observing one minute of silence on the air last November 28 and December 9, 2009. They also aired on both days a recorded statement from the KBP condemning the massacre and calling for quick action on the case. The airing of the statement on December 9 was also in conjunction with the International Day of Mourning for the massacre victims declared by international media organizations.
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A. OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS
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1. KBP Lifetime Achievement Award
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Fr. James B. Reuter
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Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)
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Posthumous Awardees
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Mr. Q. Rebueno Hodreal
Mr. Bob Stewart
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United Broadcasting Network
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