MANILA -- International organizations Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) were pleased with the work being done by the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS).PTFoMS executive director and Undersecretary Jose... Read More
MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has provided 21 police officers to the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) as part of efforts to protect media practitioners, especially during the election season.PTFoMS Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, expressed... Read More
MANILA -- Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco fired back at media organizations claiming he is spreading disinformation for his recent remark in a press caravan in Belgium.In a statement on Sunday, the PTFoMS said Egco only echoed a... Read More
MANILA -- The libel case filed against Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa is not an isolated one, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) said, insisting that press freedom is “alive and well” in the Philippines.PTFoMs also belied the claim that Ressa’s... Read More
MANILA -- Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar commended the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) and Freedom of Information (FOI) for a job well done in 2018.Andanar expressed his appreciation to PTFoMS Executive, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco,... Read More
MANILA -- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) will have closer coordination with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) beginning next year, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said Sunday.In an... Read More
MANILA — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of Maguindanao massacre.This, as the communications chief, along with Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Sy Egco, led the... Read More
MANILA -- European Union (EU) Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen described President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to form the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) as a good development in addressing media concerns in the Philippines.“The PTFoMS is indeed a welcome... Read More
MANILA – Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, on Tuesday expressed elation after the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) listed the Philippines anew as among countries with improved status in addressing media killings.The CPJ... Read More
MANILA – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has strongly condemned the online attacks against Inquirer Mindanao Bureau reporter Julie Alipala.“We strongly condemn this malicious meme, which was posted and shared multiple times by several Facebook users,” PTFoMS... Read More
MANILA -- A total of 353 prosecutors in different parts of the country have been appointed to lead the investigation of media-related cases being handled by the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS).Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary and PTFoMS chairman Menardo Guevarra issued a... Read More
MANILA – Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director and Undersecretary Joel Egco led a team of special agents that left on Monday to conduct investigation in areas with highest cases of media killings including Maguindanao.Aside from Maguindanao province, Egco and... Read More
MANILA -- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Wednesday has noted a “very promising progress” in the investigation on the killing of Albay broadcaster Joey Llana.Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary and concurrent PTFoMS co-chair Martin... Read More
BAGUIO CITY – Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Sy Egco said addressing the security issues of the media must involve improving their living conditions without resorting to either "regulation" or "accreditation", which, he stressed, are both... Read More
MANILA -- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has commended the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) for the arrest of another suspect in the killing last year of journalist Joaquin Briones.“What a nice way to start another busy... Read More
MANILA-- National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Dante Gierran has promised to work closely with Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Undersecretary Joel Egco to boost the government’s relentless efforts to prevent media killings and harassment in the... Read More
MANILA — Malacañang on Tuesday assured that the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is already investigating the death of Davao del Norte-based publisher and journalist Dennis Denora.Denora, publisher of Trends and Times, a community paper in Davao del Norte, was killed... Read More
MANILA -- Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Egco on Thursday shrugged off the libel case filed against him by a journalist over allegedly calling some members of the Department of Interior and Local Government-National Police Commission Press Corps (DNPC) as... Read More
MANILA – Legitimate media practitioners covering the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) have sought the intervention of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) against ‘fly-by-night’ journalists.In a resolution submitted to PTFoMS, the DILG Press... Read More
SUBIC BAY -- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) held yet another successful seminar on the Operational Guidelines of Administrative Order No. 1, which established the lead coordinating body tasked to investigate media killings, at the By The Beach Resort Hotel in Subic on... Read More
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