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MANILA - The National Press Club of the Philippines, the country's biggest media organization, welcomed the directive of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to assign police personnel as focal persons for media security. Based on the DILG memorandum signed by Secretary Eduardo M. Ano, the Philippine National Police is directed to designate a focal person for media security who will receive information and respond to any threats leveled against a media worker or any member of the press. The focal person shall directly coordinate with assigned Special Agents of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) in expediting the investigation and resolution of cases of violence, threats, and acts of intimidation against journalists. "We would like to express our gratitude to DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano for responding to the call for the protection of media practitioners, especially in the provinces, coming as it did when the country is to hold its natio