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(PNA file photo) MANILA-As the leading agency in safeguarding press freedom, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) through its Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel M. Sy Egco, thanked President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for signing the much-awaited law declaring August 30 as the country's "National Press Freedom Day". "All our hard work and efforts have paid off. As a veteran journalist myself, I have worked together with our media friends such as the Katipunan ng mga Alagad ni Marcelo H. Del Pilar (KAMPI) for the enactment of a law that will promote press freedom and at the same time highlight our identity as a nation of freedom-loving Filipinos that can be traced back even during colonial times," Egco said in a press statement. "This is proof positive of President Duterte's steadfast and unwavering commitment to protect press freedom in the Philippines, not through words but concrete action. August 30 is indeed a very special day in the

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