1941 – 1945
2. During the outbreak of the second world war, when Japanese invaded the Philippines, there
were three newspaper circulated: Herald Tribune Bulletin JUMP
. 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 BACK
. The "Tribune" During the Japanese Occupation The 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 Bulletin The 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
T HREE 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 Sinbunsya All 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, 1942 Taliba, 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 Vanguardia established 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.)
TRIBUNE Six 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 Circulate T-V-T newspaper Liwayway
Bicol Herald Davao Nichi – Nichi Shin Seiki
