diff --git a/system/pages/news.php b/system/pages/news.php
index dc8c700e..eb7ccd2f 100644
--- a/system/pages/news.php
+++ b/system/pages/news.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if(!$news_cached)
 		);
 	}
 
-	$tickers_db = $db->query('SELECT * FROM `' . TABLE_PREFIX . 'news` WHERE `type` = ' . TICKER .($canEdit ? '' : ' AND `hide` != 1') .' ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT ' . setting('core.news_ticker_limit'));
+	$tickers_db = $db->query('SELECT * FROM `' . TABLE_PREFIX . 'news` WHERE `type` = ' . TICKER . ' AND `hide` != 1 ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT ' . setting('core.news_ticker_limit'));
 	$tickers_content = '';
 	if($tickers_db->rowCount() > 0)
 	{
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ if(!$news_cached)
 	if($cache->enabled() && !$canEdit)
 		$cache->set('news_' . $template_name . '_' . TICKER, $tickers_content, 60 * 60);
 
-	$featured_article_db =$db->query('SELECT `id`, `title`, `article_text`, `article_image`, `hide` FROM `' . TABLE_PREFIX . 'news` WHERE `type` = ' . ARTICLE . ($canEdit ? '' : ' AND `hide` != 1') .' ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT 1');
+	$featured_article_db =$db->query('SELECT `id`, `title`, `article_text`, `article_image`, `hide` FROM `' . TABLE_PREFIX . 'news` WHERE `type` = ' . ARTICLE . ' AND `hide` != 1 ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT 1');
+
 	$article = '';
 	if($featured_article_db->rowCount() > 0) {
 		$article = $featured_article_db->fetch();
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ else {
 if(!$news_cached)
 {
 	ob_start();
-	$newses = $db->query('SELECT * FROM ' . $db->tableName(TABLE_PREFIX . 'news') . ' WHERE type = ' . NEWS . ($canEdit ? '' : ' AND hide != 1') . ' ORDER BY date' . ' DESC LIMIT ' . setting('core.news_limit'));
+	$newses = $db->query('SELECT * FROM ' . $db->tableName(TABLE_PREFIX . 'news') . ' WHERE type = ' . NEWS . ' AND hide != 1 ORDER BY date' . ' DESC LIMIT ' . setting('core.news_limit'));
 	if($newses->rowCount() > 0)
 	{
 		foreach($newses as $news)