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Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (File photo) MANILA - The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) is currently crafting a "more comprehensive" feedback mechanism to enable President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration to be "more responsive" to the needs of the people. "Sa kasalukuyan, patuloy tayong bumubuo ng mas komprehensibong feedback mechanism para mabigyan ang lahat ng boses sa ating mga polisiya at programa (At present, we continue to craft a more comprehensive feedback mechanism to give everyone the voice to react to our policies and programs)," Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said in a Facebook post on Friday. She made the statement as she acknowledged the importance of public feedback on the performance of state departments and offices, including the OPS. During her virtual attendance at the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media hearing on Monday, Cruz-Angeles said part of the OPS' mandate is to also hear the Filipi
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (NIB photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA - Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles is ensuring an "orderly" dissemination of information on policies, programs, official activities, and achievements of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and the Executive Department by maintaining objectivity in making pronouncements. In an interview on PTV-4's "The Chatroom" aired Wednesday night, Cruz-Angeles emphasized the importance of relaying statements that are free from her personal opinion. "For orderly dissemination of information, you don't put any opinions there. That's what I'd like to imprint in the style that we're trying to show now. There's a lot of passion in the past administration, this time it's more sedate, more objective. The President likes science and there's a science to language," she said. "We don't speak for the President, but we do clarify or put together what he ha
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (File photo) MANILA - The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) is prioritizing the granting of interviews to government media under the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said this is her agency's "standout policy" since Marcos assumed office. "Under the single messaging policy for President and, we also give a premium to government media first," she said in an interview over state-run Radyo Pilipinas on Wednesday. Cruz-Angeles said private media will also be accommodated, but state media will be given "a premium first." "Although napagbigyan naman natin iyong iba (we grant interviews to other media outlets), there are some stations that we allowed interviews, we usually give a premium first to our government station" she added. In July, Marcos ordered the abolition of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and the resto
PCOO Mindanao media hub (File photo) MANILA - Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar has expressed optimism that his successor would continue the reform initiatives he has undertaken to improve the government's communication and information services. During a workshop held Tuesday in preparation for the handover of documents to the next administration, Andanar said the PCOO and its attached agencies have made significant strides under his leadership. "It is very important to explain to them what we have done and why we did it. Let us show them the rationale behind our programs and give them compelling reasons why these should be carried on. We should also give them a broad picture of our offices - our structure, functions, our people, our assets as well as our liabilities," he said. Andanar cited the modernization of the People's Television Network (PTV-4), the rehabilitation and improved audience rankings of Radyo Pilipinas'