OCA CIRCULAR NO. 71-2006, April 21, 2006
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 71-2006, April 21, 2006
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ALL EXECUTIVE JUDGES, PRESIDING JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURTS OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A DISTRICT COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURTS
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SUBJECT:
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ACCREDITATION OF TWO OR MORE NEWSPAPERS OF THE SAME OWNER (OCA CIRCULAR NO. 62-2003) |
The Supreme Court En Banc in its Resolution dated 21
March 2006; in A.M. No. 03-2-106-RTC, Re: Letter of Lalaine M. Jimenez,
Publisher, Eastern Visayas Mail, Ormoc City, on the Legality of Court
Accreditation of Two or More Newspapers of the Same Owner, Resolved to AUTHORIZE the Office of the Court Administrator to explain the policy enunciated in OCA Circular No. 62-2003, thus:
“The policy embodied in the above-mentioned
circular is to limit, in each RTC station, the accreditation to a single
newspaper of an owner who publishes more than one newspaper. Otherwise
put, if an owner publishes two or more newspapers, he cannot accredit
more than one paper in a particular RTC station. The rationale of the
policy is to prevent unfair competition by ensuring that in each RTC
station no single newspaper owner or publisher can have better chances
over other owners or publishers in the raffle of court related
publication contracts. Corollarily, the newspaper owner can have one or
more of his papers accredited in other RTC stations.”For the information and guidance of all concerned.
21 April 2006.
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ZENIADA N. ELEPAÑO
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Senior Deputy Court Administrator
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and Officer-In-charge
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Office of the Court Administrator
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