CEBU PRESS FREEDOM POP QUIZ

1 Why does Cebu celebrate Press Freedom Week in September and not in May, when World Press Freedom Day (May 3) takes place?

2 Started in 2002 and revived in 2005 after a break, this organization of community leaders, educators and journalists works to elevate the standards of media coverage in Cebu and communicates with Congress and the public on proposed laws about media work and freedom of information. What is it called?

3 Who is the news editor and columnist who was shot and killed on Borromeo St. in Cebu City last July 3, 1961, for which Cesar Orongan and then Cebu City treasurer Felipe Pareja were convicted?

4 Name the Philippine Constabulary-Integrated National Police general who, last Aug. 28, 1987, ordered the closure of 12 AM radio stations and four television stations in Cebu during an attempt to overthrow the government of then President Corazon Aquino. The National Press Club’s Cebu chapter condemned that move.

5 Where can you find the Cebu Journalism and Journalists gallery?

6 Name at least three Cebuano journalists who have streets named after them.

7 Who said this? “As long as we do our jobs right, as long as it’s for the people, then it (editorial independence) should be OK.”

8 In 2016, when President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order to enforce Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, only one local government unit (LGU) in Cebu considered legislating public access to information. Which LGU was this?

9 Who founded Cebu’s first daily newspaper and what was it called?

10 Who is the only journalist from Cebu who has won the Gawad Plaridel from the University of the Philippines System?