SUBJECT:  ACCREDITATION OF NEWSPAPERS [ABOLITION OF COUNCIL FOR PRINT MEDIA].

In view of the abolition of the Philippine Council for Print Media by Presidential Decree No. 1784 dated January 15, 1984, the last paragraph of Circular No. 16 dated July 18, 1979 is deemed revoked.

There is no need for the submission of a Certificate of Registration from the Philippine Council for Print Media.

Under P. D. No. 1079, accreditation of newspapers shall follow the following guidelines:

[1] Newspaper of a periodical and general circulation published, edited and circulated in the same city and/or province where the requirement of general circulation applies;

[2] The province or city where the principal office is located shall be considered the place where it is edited and published;

[3] Where there are no newspapers in the locality, the notice may be published in the newspapers published, edited and circulated in the nearest province or city;

[4]  The newspaper shall have been regularly published for at least one year before the date of the publication of the notice or announcement assigned to it;

[5] Distribution of notices to the different newspapers should be by raffle.