(Screengrab from RTVM) MANILA - The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Friday officially launched its "media security vanguards" who will be assigned to protect journalists from threats of violence, discrimination, misinformation, and corruption ahead of the elections in May. In his speech at the virtual launch, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano stressed that the media has a sacred duty to perform its tasks "that cannot be curbed by doubts, fear, harassment or intimidation to tell the truth to the people.'' With the continuous election-related violent incidents, Ano assured that the government is taking counter steps in guarding journalists against errant groups adding that "in the future, the press will have more freedom to work on the ground.'' Ano commended the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Presidential Task Force for Media Security "for proactively working shoulder to s