EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. Oscar M. Alfonso, Secretary of the University, Chairman Mr. Pacifico N. Aprieto, Director
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the University Press, Secretary Dr. Paz G. Ramos, Secretary oj the Unioersitv CouncilDr. Gloria D. Feliciano, Dean of tbe Institute of Mass Communication Prof. Crisolito Pascual, Director of the Law Center
Dr. Emerenciana Y. Arcellana, President of the V.P. Faculty Organization
Mr. Romeo C. Tomacruz, President 01 the V.P. Supervisors Association
EDITOR Dr. Oscar M. Alfonso
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NOVEMllER
30, 1972 UP. GAZETIE
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES
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MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS
ResuJIlplipu of Publication 01 Pertodicole anJfl Netvslcucrs Upon my request, the Department of Public Information today granted permission to the University of the Philippines to
"resume publication of periodicals and newsletters devoted to research undertaken by the academic community. . . subject (0 the provisions of Department Orders Nos. 1 and 2."
The authorization granted by Information Secretary Francisco S. Tatad is limited to publications "directly under the responsi- bility ofthe Deans, Director, Department Chairmen, and editorial committees duly created and authorized to supervise these publi- cations,"
The authorization does not include student publications.
November 3, 1972
(Sgd.) SAl.VADOR P. LOPEZ President DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Malacafiang, Manila Department Order No. 1
In accordance with Letter of Instructions No.1, dated Septem- ber 22, 1972, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated Septem- ber 21, 1972, the following policies and guidelines: for the news media are hereby prescribed:
1. Newspapers, radio and television shall print and broadcast accurate, objective, straight news reports of positive national value, consistent with the efforts of the government to meet the dangers and threats that occasioned the proclamation of martial law, and the efforts to achieve a "new society" as set forth by the President and the Commander-in-Chief of all the armed forces of the Philippines.
2. Unless otherwise specified, no newspaper, radio or television program may carry any editorial, opinion, commentary, com- ments or asides, or any kind of political, unauthorized or objec- tionable advertising. The so-called shall not appear in any news- paper, and its equivalent shall not be broadcast either by radio or on television.
3. No extraneous material of any kind may be inserted In any sports or entertainment story or any like material.
4. Expressly prohibited are:
a. Materials that tend to incite or otherwise inflame people or individuals against the government or any of its duly consti- tuted authorities.
b. Materials that undermine the people's faith and confidence in the government or any of its instrumentalities.
c. Materials that are seditious, not based on facts, or otherwise without definitely established and well-identified verifiable sources, or based on more allegation or conjecture.
d. Materials that downgrade or jeopardize the military or the law enforcement authorities, their work and their operations.
e. Materials that abet, glorify or sensationalize crime, disorder, lawlessness, violence.
f. Materials that destroy or tend to destroy public morals as well as morale.
g. Materials that foment opinions and activities contrary to law.
h. Materials that sow or generate or tend to sow or generate fear, panic, confusion, ignorance and vulgarity among the people.
S. Informative foreign news items may be printed ~r broad- cast by the local media but in no case must any foreign news be printed or broadcast which puts it in the same caregoIly as any of the expressly prohibited materials enumerated above.
6, Similarly, no news material or opinions emanating from abroad may be disseminated by any wire agency to any Philip.
pine recipient which is of the sametype as any of the prohibited materials enumerated above.
7. The same rules apply to foreign correspondents, whether based in the Philippines or nor. No foreign dispatch will be filed from the Philippines which impugns, discredits, questions or criticizes any positive efforr of government, the government it- self or any of its duly constituted authorities. Nor will any dis- patch be filed which speaks unfairly or inaccurately of the Philippines or the Filipinos.
8. In all cases, materials for publication and broadcast in the newspapers, radio, and television shall be cleared by the Depart- ment of Public Information. Similarly, all foreign dispatches and cables shall be cleared by the department.
9. An}' correspondent filing his dispatch shall be held ac- countable for any alteration in any dispatch that has been cleared, should any such alteration occur in his copy when it is finally published or broadcast.
10. Foreign correspondents as well as local media men shall be properly accredited by the Department of Public Information, upon presentation of their proper credentials and documents.
All media men, foreign as well as local, shall at all times behave themselves with decorum.
11. These rules may be amended or modified, without prior notice.
Guidelines for cameramen, photographers of all media, local and foreign:
1. They may take pictures of:
a. Normal city life.
b. Interviews with authorized officials and officers.
2. The following are restricted to cameramen and photo- graphers:
a. Military installations, camps, facilities, etc.
b. Military operations.
c. Malacafiang grounds and premises.
d. Airports and ports. .
Proper authorities are instructed nor to allow shipment of film materials not accompanied with written authorization from the Department of Public Information.
SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Manila, 25 September 1972 Department Order No.2.
In accordance with Letter of Instructions No. I, dated Septem- ber 22, 1972, pursuantto Proclamation No. 1081, dated Septem- 21 1972 the following policies and guidelines are hereby pre- scribed
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connection with the operation of printing presses in the Philippines:1. No printer may print any newspaper, periodical, newssheet, pamphlet, leaflet or publication for mass dissemination of any kind without prior written authority from the Department of Public Information.
2. No printer may print any text of any kind that falls under any of the prohibited items under Department Order No. I, pertaining to news media coverage.
SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
136 UP.
GAZElTEVOL. III, No. 10
Presiden'ial Decree No. 33
I am quoting verbatim hereinbelow, for your information and guidance, Presidential Decree No. 33 dated October 28, 1972:
"PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 33
'"PENALIZING THE PRINTING, POSSESSION, DISTRIBU- TION AND CIRCULATION OF CERTAIN LEAFLETS,
HANDBILLS AND PROPAGANDA MATERIALS AND
THE INSCRIBING OR DESIGNING OF GRAFFITI.
"WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated Sep- tember 21, 1972, the Philippines has been placed under a state of martial law;
"WHEREAS. martial law has been declared because of the anarchy and disorder perpetrated by a group of men pursuing a sinister campaign of vilification against political institutions of our country;
"WHEREAS, it is necessary to curb this nefarious campaign:
'"NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Com- mender-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in order to attain the desired results of the aforesaid Proclamation do hereby order and decree that:
"( 1) The penalty of priIion correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon any person who, without taking up arms or being in open hostility against the government or without inciting others to the execution of any act of rebellion, shall prim or publish any handbill, leaflet, poster or other similar materials, or shall possess, distribute Ot circulate any such printed or published materials, or shall draw, write or sketch any immoral or indecent picrure or word on any wall, fence, sidewalk or any other visible public or private place, which incites or tends to incite people to violence or to disregard, ridicule, defy. or ignore any lawful order or act of the government or any of its officers or which, in any case, tends to undermine the integrity of the government or the stability of the State.
"(2) This decree shall take effect after its publication in any newspaper of general circulation.
"Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
"(SGD_) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
"President
"Republic
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tbe Pbilippines"By the President:
'"(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
"Assistant Executive Secretary"
November8, 1972
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY :
(Sgd.) OSCAR M. ALFONSO Secretary
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the UnioersitvCrime Pretention. through Cilizem' Cooperation and In- volvement
This Office has received frequent reports of theft and robbery committed on campus especially at night. Your cooperation in the adoption of preventive measures to minimize the commis- sion of these crimes is urgently needed. These preventive mea- sures include the following:
1. Keep all doors and gates closed and locked before you retire for the night;
2. Maintain outside security lights in the premises of your residence or buildings and turn them on every night;
3. Cut all grass and maintain low hedges in order to allow patrol guards to have a clear view of your premises;
4. Keep all office equipment and furniture under lock and key. In offices or units which maintain office hours at night, on week-ends, and during holidays, a petson should be designated who shall be responsible for the security of the office at building during these times.
As a further preventive measure, sari-sari store owners on campus are warned that selling hard liquor and wine is strictly prohibited. Gambling, particularly 'jueteng' and horse-race ber- ting, is also prohibited. Gamblers, 'jueteng' collectors and bookie- joint keepers and runners are warned to Stop their activities on the campus. Persons caught maintaining these gambling places shall be dealt with severely.
November 8, 1972
(Sgd.) SALVADOR P. LOPEZ PreIident
Privilege to Request Reconsideration
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Penalties Imposed Under Letter0/
Instructions"'''0.
14--A Pursuant to Prcc- lamarion No. 1081Officials, faculty members and employees of the University who have been subjected to penalties under Letter of Instruc- tions No. 14·A pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, may request the President of the University, in writing, within fifteen (15) days from the date of this Memorandum Circular, the recon- sideration of their cases. The petition should be accompanied by a written answer to the charges, including whatever evidence is available to support the petition.
The privilege to request reconsideration is granted only to those who were not given the opportunity to defend themselves at hearings before a formal investigating committee.
To enable the respondents to prepare their petitions and answer, they shall be informed in writing concerning the basis upon which they have been subjected to penalties, whether they be administrative charges or grounds for being considered
"notoriously undesirable."
All decisions imposing penalties, being immediately executory, shall stand unless and until modified or reversed on reconsidera- tion.
November 20, 1972
(Sgd.) SALVADOR P. LOPEZ President