Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone on Monday said a draft guideline that “might restrict” media coverage of the House of Representatives would be tackled by the chamber’s committee on public information. But Evardone, a former media practitioner himself and the chair of the said panel, has admitted that he has “reservations” on some of the new ground rules. In April this year, the House Press and Public Affairs Bureau released stricter rules for media coverage, a part of which states that journalists who “besmirch the reputation of the House of Representatives, its officials or members” may lose their accreditation to cover the chamber. In a text message to reporters, Roa-Puno said they revised the guidelines released during then-Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s time in April. /jeREAD: House toughens rules for mediaRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 24, 2018 04:57 UTC