Members of media who would not be able to vote on election day, May 13, 2019, due to their work assignments on that day should file their application for absentee voting by March 11, 2019. This deadline has been set by the COMELEC in its Resolution No. 10443, issued on November 8, 2018, regarding the rules and regulations on local absentee voting in connection with…
Insets of sign language interpreters using the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) in television news and public affairs programs will become mandatory in one year. This is part of a broad set of measures enacted by Congress under the Filipino Sign Language Act, signed into law by President Duterte in November 2018. The law declares FSL as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and…
Candidates for public office and political parties will be paying less for their political ads in broadcast media starting this year. Radio and television stations are required to charge political candidates and parties less than regular commercial advertisers with the approval by Congress last November 2018 of Senate Bill No. 1985. The bill amends Section 11 of Republic Act No. 9006, otherwise known as the…
The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP) strongly condemns the killing of radio reporter, Joey Llana in Daraga, Albay. KBP National President Herman Z. Basbano in his statement, urges the authorities to exert all efforts to conduct thorough investigation and apprehend the perpetrators. Mr. Basbano also enjoins the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) to be relentless in according justice to Mr. Llana…
