Japanese Period1941 – 1945

During the outbreak of the second world war, when Japanese invaded the Philippines, there were three newspaper circulated:

Herald Tribune Bulletin

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Philippines Herald• Pro-American papers in the American period• Phils. Herald published in 1920• Pro-Filipino newspaper; nationalistic• Founded at the suggestion of Manuel L. Quezon,

who became Phil. president • one of the early editors was Carlos P. Romulo,

who became president of the UN General Assembly; famous in Phil. diplomacy

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The "Tribune" During the Japanese OccupationThe tribune which became a

propaganda mouthpiece for the Japanese, and as such, became the brunt of jokes and insults from its readers.

Before the war the “ Tribune” was a reputable daily, the foremost morning paper in manila.

Born on April fool’s day, 1925.It competed with the American-owned

Manila Daily Bulletin and rival Philippines Herald.

The Tribune proudly called itself the “Independent Filipino Daily” and attempted to show both sides whenever practical. BACK

The BulletinThe press played a major

role and their propaganda movement.

It was tasked to disseminate to the public the perceived common objectives of Japan and the Philippines.

During the Japanese-American war, bomb destroyed “the bulletin” plant and other newspapers and magazine presses. BACK

THE THREE NEWSPAPERS ALLOWED TO PUBLISH DURING

THE JAPANESE INTERREGNUM

THREE CONDITIONS TO THOSE WHO WISHED TO GO INTO PUBLISHING

1. Secure permit from the military

2. Submit to military censorship

3. Violators of the above will be SEVERELY punished

• In January 1944, President Jose P. Laurel created his own Board of Information. “To control, direct, supervise and coordinate

all information publicity of the Japanese sponsored government” was the function of the created regulatory body.

Denial of free expression during the occupation was resolved and oftentimes, very brutal. Thus, only three newspapers were allowed to be published under the Japanese censorship.

The Japanese seized and padlocked the offices of the Manila Bulletin and the Philippine Free Press

Late December in 1941, DMHM (Debate, Mabuhay, Herald, Monday Mail) was hit by a bomb and

completely destroyed when Manila was damaged by bombing.

Manila SinbunsyaAll publications taken over the Japanese

administration were placed under the OSAKA MAINICHI PUBLISHING COMPANY, a group

that established MANILA SIBUNSYA.

Manila Sinbunsya is a Japanese newspaper published in the Philippines. Hidezo Kaneka was its executive editor

Leyte Newsette Japan’s own propaganda newspaper in

the Philippines

printed in Manila

it’s reason for the title “Leyte Newsette” is unknown

it was generally about Japanese and German military victories

December 8, 1944 headlined – “Philippines Joins other East Asia Nations to Celebrate 3rd Anniversary of GEA (Greater East Asia) War”

T-V-T Company

• In June 1916, brothers Rafael and Marcos Roces purchased La Vanguardia and Taliba from their original owner, Don Martin Ocampo - the owner of El Renacimiento who had been ruined financially by the lawsuit filed by Dean Conant Worchester over the Aves de Rapiña case. •In 1928, TVT bought the Manila Times and at that time Don Alejandro Roces had taken over the management of TVT (Rafael was no longer a shareholder and brother Marcos eventually died before the war)

•Tribune was originally created under Don Alejandro Roces on April 1, 1925.

Don Alejandro Roces Sr. “Father of Modern Filipino Journalism”

January 3, 1942Taliba, La Vanguardia and The Tribune

headlined “Japanese Troops Enter City”

January 2, 1942

Six Japanese forces took over TVT Company in Florentino Torres Street

Taliba a daily, periodical tabloid

newspaper of Manila published in the Tagalog dialect

had a libel case due to José Corazón de Jesús’s, also known as Huseng Batute, column “Manila Life” having a heading “Amerikanang Aswang” in March 3, 1921

TALIBA Continued publishing even after the war under Don Joaquin “Chino” Roces.

In it’s continued publishing after the war, Taliba started using the “Conversational Filipino” a mixture of Filipino, English and Spanish as its language; thus, making the purists distressed during that time.

La Vanguardiaestablished in 1910 by Don Martin

Ocampo

a perodical catering Spanish-language readers

was the descendant of El Renacimiento, a newspaper edited by

Teodoro M. Kalaw

tribune

TRIBUNE edited by the young Carlos P. Romulo (1930 – 1934)

Joe Bautista was its editor during the Japanese Interregnum

Caters English readers

carried under its masthead the proud slogan “Independent Filipino Daily”

January 3 – P.10 to P.05, 4-page, tabloid-like Tribune was released

their editorials focused only on the important events (surrender of Singapore, etc.)

TRIBUNESix days after the invasion, the associate editor of Tribune was arrested for internment as an enemy national

attempted to present an image of normalcy by printing regular articles

dependent on the Domei News Agency

February 3, 1945 - the day when it put out its last issue

David T. Boguslav

THE T-V-T newspaper chain had its tragic close to the war’s conclusion when the

Japanese set fire to the T-V-T Building, burning the offices, records and the presses.

After the war, the Roces family decided not the resurrect Tribune as it was so badly tainted, rather they launched the MANILA TIMES

T-V-T’s End

Periodicals That Were Only Allowed by the Japanese to CirculateT-V-T newspaperLiwayway Bicol HeraldDavao Nichi – NichiShin Seiki

THAT ENDS!PREPARED BY GROUP II:

Mr. Sherwin AbriqueMr. Edwin SolanoMs. Rube NipasMs. Judy ann Ardales