The national newspaper

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Tabloid
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Official Gazette
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Two Types of
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Prepared by:

AGANON, Raine C.
GAPASIN, Joshua P.
MALLARI, Nicole Anne
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SANTIAGO, Rachelle
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National Newspaper
✓ means a daily newspaper that circulates generally in each State and each internal
Territory.

Broadsheets
Broadsheets in the Philippines are mostly
published in the English language. Their readership
consists mainly of the middle and upper classes and
cost between fifteen to twenty-five pesos (US$0.27 -
US$0.45) per issue. Sunday issues usually has more
pages and cost slightly higher that the regular issues.

Business World
The country's leading business newspaper
represents three decades of professional economic
journalism. Despite change, Business World's
success over the years has constantly been anchored
on a firm belief that a newspaper is a public trust.

Malaya
Meaning "free" in the Pilipino language, it was founded in 1981 as a Tagalog newspaper
by Jose Burgos Jr. Malaya shifted to English when its sister publication, We Forum, was
closed down by the Marcos government in 1983 after it came out with a story exposing
the fake medals of the former strongman.

Manila Bulletin
The nation's leading newspaper.

Manila Standard Today

A nationally circulated newspaper published daily in the Philippines since February 1987.
Stories are succinct, readable, and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of
the newspaper.

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Undeniably the country’s most widely read and circulated newspaper. With over 2.7
million nationwide readers daily, it enjoys a market share of over 50% and tops the
readership surveys.
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The Daily Tribune
With the slogan "Without fear or favor", The Daily Tribune began operating and came out
with its maiden issue in February 1, 2000.

The Manila Times

The oldest running newspaper in the Philippines with 106 years in a nation’s rich history.
The Manila Times first hit the streets on October 11, 1898.

The Philippine Star

Founded on July 28, 1986 by veteran journalists Max Soliven, Betty Go-Belmonte and Art
Borjal, The Philippine Star has always lived up to its mission of informing and inspiring
the Filipino people by upholding truth and fairness.

Tabloid Newspapers
The following daily tabloids are mostly in
Pilipino or Tagalog language except for People's
Journal and Tempo, which are both in English.
They retail for six to seven pesos (US$0.11 -
US$0.13) per issue and are popular among the
Filipino masses.

Abante
The mission of this Tagalog tabloid is to be the
leading and trend setting tabloid in the Philippine
newspaper industry.

Balita
Tagalog newspaper published in the Philippines.

Bulgar
Tagalog newspaper published in the Philippines.

People’s Journal
Published in English, this newspaper is part of the Philippines' biggest group of daily
tabloids.

People’s Taliba
This is the Tagalog counterpart of People's Journal, also from the same publisher.

Pilipino Star Ngayon

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The sister publication of The Philippine Star in the national language. It was the first
tabloid in the country to come out in full color and the first one to establish its presence
on the web.

Saksi Ngayon
Tagalog newspaper published in the Philippines.

Tempo
This English tabloid is part of the Manila Bulletin group.

Online Newspaper
Here is the list of Online Newspaper in the Philippines

• Rappler
• CNN Philippines
• ABS CBN News
• Interaksyon
• GMA News Online
• Cebu Daily News (CDN
Digital)

Official Gazette of the Philippines

The Official Gazette is the official journal of the Republic of the Philippines.
This website is the online version of the print edition of the Official Gazette, which was
created by decree of Act No. 453 and Commonwealth Act No. 638.

History of the Official Gazette

The Official Gazette was created by decree of Act No. 453, “An Act providing for the
publication by the Insular Government of an Official Gazette, under the general direction
of the Department of Public Instruction.” It was enacted by the Philippine Commission on
September 2, 1902, by authority of the United States of America. Vol. 1, No. 1 came out
on September 10, 1902.
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On March 5, 1903, Act No. 664 amended the earlier Act No. 453 to provide for further distribution
of the Official Gazette:

Commonwealth Act No. 638, “An Act to provide for the uniform publication and distribution
of the Official Gazette,” was passed by the Third Session of the Second National
Assembly on May 22, 1941 and subsequently approved by President Manuel L. Quezon
on June 10, 1941.

Administrative Code of 1987 provided for the Official Gazette’s role in the operation and
effect of laws. As per Book I, Chapter 5, Section 18: “Laws shall take effect after fifteen
(15) days following the completion of their publication in the Official Gazette or in a
newspaper of general circulation, unless it is otherwise provided.” Book I, Chapter 6,
Section 24, it likewise specified the vital role of the Official Gazette concerning the
passage of laws:

SECTION 24. Contents. – There shall be published in the Official Gazette all legislative
acts and resolutions of a public nature; all executive and administrative issuances of
general application; decisions or abstracts of decisions of the Supreme Court and the
Court of Appeals, or other courts of similar rank, as may be deemed by said courts of
sufficient importance to be so published; such documents or classes of documents as
may be required so to be published by law; and such documents or classes of documents
as the President shall determine from time to time to have general application or which
he may authorize so to be published.

The publication of any law, resolution or other official documents in the Official Gazette
shall be prima facie evidence of its authority.

Signed by President Corazon C. Aquino, Executive Order No. 200, s. 1987, “Providing
for the publication of laws either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines as a requirement for their effectivity,” reiterated the Official
Gazette’s role in the legislative process, yet allowed for the integration of national
newspapers—given the Official Gazette’s limited circulation at the time.

EO 200, s. 1987, was borne of a Supreme Court ruling from the case of Tañada. et al. vs.
Tuvera, et al. (G.R. No. 63915, December 29, 1986), which observed that “[t]here is much
to be said of the view that the publication need not be made in the Official Gazette,
considering its erratic release and limited readership.” Part of the ruling reads: “The Court
therefore declares that presidential issuances of general application, which have not been
published, shall have no force and effect.”

Executive Order No. 4, s. 2010 was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III in keeping
with “the avowed policy of this administration to ensure transparency and full and
appropriate disclosure of policies, programs, official activities, and achievement of the
Office of the President and Executive which are of public concern.” EO 4 created the
Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, which had,
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among its functions, editorial responsibilities over the Official Gazette of the Republic of the
Philippines.

THE MANILA TIMES

The Manila Times is the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines. It
is published daily by The Manila Times Publishing Corp. with editorial and administrative
offices at 2/F Sitio Grande Building, 409 A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila.
It was founded on October 11, 1898, shortly after news that the Treaty of Paris would be
signed, ending the Spanish–American War and transferring the Philippines from Spanish
to American sovereignty.[1] It presently bills itself as having the fourth-largest circulation
of the newspapers in the Philippines, beating the Manila Standard, but still behind
the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Manila Bulletin and The Philippine Star.
The Manila Times was founded by Thomas Gowan, an Englishman who had been living
in the Philippines. The paper was created to serve mainly the Americans who were sent
to Manila to fight in the Spanish–American War. At the time, most of the newspapers in
the Philippines were in Spanish and a few others were in the native languages. Shortly
after the paper's founding, reports reached Manila about the Paris Conference that would
lead to the treaty ceding the Philippines to the United States from Spain .

National Newspaper Week aims to raise awareness of local media importance

BY MO CRANKER ON OCTOBER 2, 2018.

Monday marked the first day of National Newspaper Week, and Canadians are being
reminded of how important newspapers are in communities across the country.

“Newspapers have always been a vehicle for people in the community to have a
dialogue, give differences of opinion and to have their voices heard,” said Southern
Alberta News Group publisher Mike Hertz. “That’s extremely important in today’s day and
age.

“Social media brings people information in a very personal way, but newspapers
really serve to bring the community together, while offering a place for people to
give their opinions and read about everything that is happening locally.”

Bob Cox, chair of the board of directors of News Media Canada, the national association
that represents Canadian newspapers, says newspapers are as important as ever.

“The role of newspapers has never been so crucial,” he said. “Every day, newspapers
work to bring Canadians from coast to coast to coast real, trusted, truthful news — which
is as vital to democracy as clean air, safe streets, good schools and public health.”

Hertz says the reliability of newspapers is one of the things that makes them so important.
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“People know that the news and opinions in the newspaper are legitimate — people
have to put their names to it to get published,” he said. “On social media anyone
can say anything — things can be way out there and even just made up — a lot of
times people may not be using their real names.”

A campaign has started recently online around National Newspaper Week, asking people
to sign a petition on the importance of newspapers.

Two Types of National Newspaper

Each of the national papers can be
characterized as belonging to one of two
distinct categories. The 'quality papers', or
'broadsheets', cater for the better educated
readers. The 'popular papers', or 'tabliods',
sell to a much larger readership. They
contact far less print than the broadsheets
and far more pictures. They use larger
headlines and write in a simpler style of
English. While the broadsheets devote
much space to politics and other 'serious'
news, the tabloids concentrate on 'human
interest' stories, which often means sex
and scandal!

However, the broadsheets do not

completely ignore sex and scandal or any
other aspect of public life. both types of
paper devote equal amounts of attention to sport. The difference between them is in
the treatment of the topics they cover, and in which topics are given the most
prominence.

The reason that the quality newspapers are called broadsheets and the popular ones
tabloids is because they are different shapes. The broadsheets are twice as large as
the tabloids. It is a mystery why, in Britain, reading intelligent papers should need highly-
developed skills of paper-folding! But it certainly seems to be the rule. In 1989 a new

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paper was published, the Sunday Correspondent, advertising itself as the country's first
'quality tabloid'. It closed after one year.

Newspapers have always been a

vehicle for people in the community to
have a dialogue, give differences of
opinion and to have their voices heard.
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References:
• Philippine Central, (n.d). Philippine Daily Newspaper.
http://newspaper.philippinecentral.com/
• Cranker, M. (2018, October 2). National Newspaper Week aims to raise
awareness of local media importance. https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-
news/2018/10/02/national-newspaper-week-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-local-
media-
importance/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThat's%20extremely%20important%20in%20t
oday's,everything%20that%20is%20happening%20locally.%E2%80%9D
• History of the Official Gazette. (n.d). https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/history-of-
the-official-gazette/
• https://studopedia.org/5-18268.html