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History Timeline

of the Press

Pre-Colonial Period
Predates the Spanish colonization
System of Government
was
by a Datu or Rajah
Code of Kalantiao was
purportedly written and
enforced.

Code of Kalantiao was


purportedly written and
enforced.

Spanish Colonization
1521

1637
Sucesos Felices became
the first newsletter in the
Philippines. Tomas Pinpin was
called the
"Father of Philippine Printing

April 1, 1887
La Opinion became the
first newspaper to
openly defy friars.
1889
La Solidaridad exposed
crimes of the
Spanish Government.

1896
Kalayaan became the first
organ of the Katipunan, a REFERENCE:
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revolutionaryWWW.ENTREPRISESCANADA.CA
group.
American Occupation
1898

The Manila Times


became the first
continuous English daily

1907
The Sedition Act
was imposed to make
advocacy of Philippine
Alejandro Roces,
Sr. was recognized as the independence a crime.
"Father of Modern Journalism"

Japanese War Years


1941

1942
The Philippine
Free Press
and the
Manila Daily Bulletin
was shut down.
Guerilla Press
was formed,
an anti-Japanese
resistance.

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Liberation Period
1945

1963
Republic Act. No. 3846
was imposed to regulate
radio communication.
1969
First DZAQ-TV
broadcast in color.

The media has


flourished.

Martial Law
1972

September 22, 1972


Marcos releases Letter of
Instruction no. 1 ordering
the closude of
media establishments. Assets of major media
outlets such as ABS CBN
and TV5 were taken over
by military.
October 28, 1972
Marcos issues PD 33 that
penalizes possession
of materials that undermines
integrity of government. November 2, 1972

PD 36 cancels franchises of
September 11, 1974 media allegedly trying
Marcos authorized organization
to topple government.
of regulatory councils of
print and broadcast media
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Post-Martial Law
1991

1988
After the Philippine
Press Institute
re- established, they
adopted the
Journalist's code of ethics.
December 3, 1974
Radio stations dzEC and
dyLA was shutdown
for airing rebel propaganda.
July 5, 1991
RA 7079 or the Campus
Journalism Act of 1991
was enacted.

March 6, 2007
RA 9372 or the
Human Security act of 2007
gets signed into law.
May 30, 2012
Noynoy Aquino signs
RA 10175 or
Cybercrime Prevention
Act of 2012 into law.
September 2019
Amendment of the
Sotto Law or
"Shield Law"

March 25, 2019


RA 11469 or Bayanihan to
Heal as One Act was
passed into law. July 18, 2020
RA 11479 or the Anti- Terrorism
Act of 2020 gets
signed into law.

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