PTFoMS Executive Director Joel M. Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - As the frontline government agency dedicated to protect media workers, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) through its Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel M. Sy Egco, thanked the men and women of the Philippine National Police (PNP) for their invaluable contribution to the peaceful national and local elections and for ensuring the safety of journalists. "I am very happy to say that no journalist or broadcaster was harmed during the elections, a testament to the government's continued vigilance in providing a safe environment for media workers through the task force," Egco said in a news release on Wednesday. "I am very grateful for the tireless efforts of the PNP, especially the Media Security Vanguards (MSV) headed by PBGen Roderick Augustus Alba, chief of the PNP Public Information Office, for their proactive approach in protecting our media workers during this crucial time for P
(PNA file photo) MANILA-Despite the new methodology used in this year's World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released on May 4, 2022, the Philippine press remains freer and "extremely vibrant" under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte compared to the previous administrations of former Presidents Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino Jr. and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. "Even with the new method used by the Paris-based RSF in determining each nation's rankings in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index, the present administration still fared way better than past administrations, a testament to President Rodrigo Duterte's unwavering commitment to media freedom," Undersecretary Joel M. Sy Egco, Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), said in a statement. Once again, Egco said that RSF's index proves beyond doubt the media environment in the country has greatly improved after President Duterte came to
THE National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Monday welcomed the move of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to have former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes re-arrested and face trial as principal suspect in the murder of anti-corruption crusader, staunch environmentalist and broadcaster Dr. Gerry Ortega in Puerto Princesa…
MANILA-In observance of World Press Freedom Day, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) went all out of its mandate to protect media workers by meeting with local journalists in several key regions all over the country to discuss ways and means to promote media safety. Undersecretary Joel M. Sy Egco, Executive Director of PTFoMS, said the task force held several and sometimes simultaneous consultative meetings with local journalists in various regions in the past week for the promotion of the safety and security of media workers, in collaboration with the regional offices of the Philippine National Police (PNP), "Now, you have a direct line to the Office of the President," Egco told local reporters and broadcasters in SOCCSKSARGEN (Region 12), "whatever your worries or concerns are in your quest to tell our countrymen the truth, you have the PTFoMS to rely on 24/7." "Never in the history of the Philippines that an administration given so much em
(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