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+ Follow Sotto Law Tag
Sotto Law
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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2260056
                    [Title] => The Sotto Family of the Philippines
                    [Summary] => This week on April 18 in 1877, Vicente Yap Sotto, known as the Father of Cebuano Journalism, Literature, and Language, was born in Cebu City. Aside from being a politician, he was also well-known as a playwright and journalist.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-04-19 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136589
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807512
                    [AuthorName] => Todd Sales Lucero
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1954858
                    [Title] => Online, broadcast journalists now protected vs being compelled to reveal sources
                    [Summary] => The new law expands protection to journalists of different forms of media including print, broadcast, wire service organizations and electronic mass media, including cable TV and its variants.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-09-25 12:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/09/25/media-workers-makati_2019-09-25_12-05-14133_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1634047
                    [Title] => Pag-usab sa Sotto Law aprobado sa komitiba
                    [Summary] => Aprobado sa House Committee on Public Information ang gidusong kausaban sa Republic Act 53 o ang Sotto Law diin malakip na ang mga broadcast journalists, news agencies ug internet publications nga exempted sa pagbutyag sa mga tinubdan sa balita.
                    [DatePublished] => 2016-10-17 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804823
                    [AuthorName] => Gregg M. Rubio
                    [SectionName] => Banat Balita
                    [SectionUrl] => balita
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1634150
                    [Title] => For broadcast, e-journos: House committee approves changes to Sotto Law
                    [Summary] => The Committee on Public Information in the House of Representatives has approved the proposals to amend Republic Act 53 or The Sotto Law, as amended, so that journalists in broadcast, online, and wire agencies will be exempt from revealing sources of information obtained in confidence.
                    [DatePublished] => 2016-10-17 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804823
                    [AuthorName] => Gregg M. Rubio
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
                    [SectionUrl] => cebu-news
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                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 1296998
                    [Title] => Bill seeks to expand Sotto Law provision to online journalists
                    [Summary] => 

The House of Representatives' Committee on Public Information has endorsed for plenary passage a bill seeking to extend to online journalists the coverage on the media's right to refuse to reveal the source of a confidentially obtained news report.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-04 10:53:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img854/9180/ewav.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 964584 [Title] => Del Mar wants Sotto Law to cover broadcast, net writers [Summary] =>

Cebu City North District Rep. Raul del Mar has filed House Bill 362 that seeks to amend Republic Act 53, known as the Sotto Law.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 878567 [Title] => Media urged: Support each other [Summary] =>

Members of the senate are seeing the significance of fortifying the clusters of tri-media in the country to help protect those in the profession from the risks brought about by the job to them and their families.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1108990 [AuthorName] => AJ de la Torre [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 854749 [Title] => Media kailangan ng representasyon sa Kongreso [Summary] =>

Hayagang  idinek­la­­ra ng National Press Club na kaila­ngan nito  ng represen­tante sa le­hislatu­ra upang maisulong ang kapaka­nan ng malayang pamamahayag na kasalu-kuyang nanga­nganib  sa ating bansa.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851655 [Title] => Sotto defends cybercrime prevention law [Summary] =>

Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III assured the media that Cybercrime Prevention Act or Republic Act 10175 is not meant to suppress freedom of the press.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1498409 [AuthorName] => Marigold Lebumfacil [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 681260 [Title] => Sotto wants online media protected, too [Summary] =>

Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto wants to include members of the legitimate online media as among those who should be protected from revealing the “sources” of their information.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) ) )
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