IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8370 ALSO KNOWN AS “CHILDREN’S TELEVISION ACT OF 1997”

Pursuant to the authority of the National Council for Children’s Television under Sec. 10 of R.A. No. 8370, otherwise known as the “Children’s Television Act of 1997”, the following Rules and Regulations are hereby promulgated: CHAPTER I DECLARATION OF POLICY Sec. 1. Declaration of Policy – The State recognizes the vital role of the youth read more…

2020 DOKYUBATA CALL FOR ENTRIES

It’s DokyuBata Season once again! NCCT is now accepting entries for DokyuBata 2020! Entries shall be child-friendly and may work around with, but not limited to topics related to the Covid-19 Pandemic such as: Social Changes: Culture, beliefs, and traditio Information Drive on COVID-19 Stories of Resilience, inspiration, and hope COVID-19 Survivors Frontliners and their read more…

Dr. Gatmaitan and Ms. Lopez Appointed as NCCT Council Members

  Dr. Luis P. Gatmaitan has been reappointed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte as Council Member to represent the Child Development Specialists sector. Along with him is Ms. Sally M. Lopez to represent the Broadcast Media sector in lieu of Mr. Ramon “Bong” R. Osorio, APR, CPR.   Dr. Gatmaitan and Ms. Lopez, together with read more…

Malacañan Appoints Ms. Atienza as Executive Director III of NCCT

  The President of the Republic of the Philippines Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed Ms. Desideria M. Atienza as the Executive Director III of the National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT) on February 6, 2020.   Ms. Atienza shall sign official correspondence in the following manner: Desideria Mance Atienza Executive Director III National Council for read more…

The NCCT with TV Content Creators to Create a Child-Friendlier Philippine TV Landscape

  Aiming towards a Child-Friendlier Philippine Television, the National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT) conducted a series of dialogue with TV content creators from July 2019 to February 2020 in preparation for the monitoring of the 15% policy compliance under the Child-Friendly Content Standards (CFCS).   Executive producers, directors, production unit heads, writers, researchers, airtime read more…

DepEd Designates Dr. Naliponguit as OIC-Executive Director of NCCT

  The Department of Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones has reassigned and designated Dr. Ella Cecilia G. Naliponguit, Assistant Director of BLSS-OD as the Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Executive Director of the National Council for Children’s Television.   Dr. Naliponguit shall sign official correspondence in the following manner: Dr. Ella Cecilia G. Naliponguit read more…

DokyuBata 2019 takes a stand for the Filipino Child’s Food and Nutrition Issues

November is National Children’s Month and NCCT joins the celebration through the 3rd DokyuBata Video Documentary Contest. More than 100 entries participated across nationwide highlighting the theme: “Dokyu-Trisyon: Mahahalaga at Napapanahong Isyu Hinggil sa Pagkain at Nutrisyon ng Batang Pilipino.” This year’s theme advocates for the engagement of children in raising awareness and making a read more…