OLONGAPO CITY -- In an effort to provide not only security but livelihood to media practitioners, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has proposed to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) the inclusion of media members in the government’s land distribution program.PTFoMS... Read More
MANILA -- Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) chief, Communications Undersecretary Joel Egco, on Monday called for public support in finding the killers of Dumaguete City radio broadcaster Edmund Sestoso.Egco made this appeal as the PTFoMS, through the Dumaguete City police, assisted... Read More
DAVAO CITY – Malacañang officials on Thursday vowed to deliver swift justice for slain Dumaguete City broadcast journalist Edmund Sestoso as they offered sympathy to his family.The special aide of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, Secretary Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, sought... Read More
MANILA – Malacañang on Thursday assured that the investigation on the killing of Dumaguete City media broadcaster Edmund Sestoso will be given priority by law enforcers, including the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS).“We condemn all these killings and I would... Read More
MANILA -- Members of various press corps in Metro Manila have expressed their appreciation to President Rodrigo Duterte for providing safer working environment for media by creating the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS).“We are very thankful to President Duterte for the... Read More
MANILA -- Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) chief, Undersecretary Joel Egco, on Friday described as “unfortunate” a media watchdog’s report on the Philippines’ press freedom.The Reporters Without Borders or Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has just released... Read More
MANILA -- More than 20 special agents of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) have been deployed to investigate and/or reinvestigate unresolved killings of media workers in the most vulnerable regions of the country.In a simple send-off ceremony on Monday, Presidential... Read More
MANILA – Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) announced on Monday that the suspected gunman of slain broadcaster Christopher Iban Lozada has been positively identified by an eyewitness.PTFoMS Executive Director Joel Egco said the task force’s witness has personally... Read More
MANILA -- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has enhanced its media security awareness program following the launching of its grassroots seminar in Mabitac, Laguna last March 8.During the seminar, resource speakers from different government agencies discussed the intensified... Read More
MABITAC, Laguna – An official of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) said Thursday the Philippine media have been enjoying the five Constitutional guarantees on media freedom.These are freedoms of the press, speech, expression and right to peaceful assembly and petition the... Read More
MANILA -- Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Egco on Thursday slammed a "rehashed" news article tagging the Philippines as one of the deadliest places for journalists.“It was a very old report,” Egco said in an interview with Philippine News Agency... Read More
DAVAO CITY --The increasing presence of new media platform as source of information won’t change the relevance of traditional media, a Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) official said.“It is still very relevant today,“ PTFoMS Executive Director Joel Egco said in an... Read More
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Undersecretary Joel Egco on Monday assured that government will leave no stone unturned in making the Philippines safer and a much better place for international and local journalists.“Failure is not an option in this... Read More
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga-- President Rodrigo Duterte wants all media killings in the country to be solved by year 2020.This was disclosed on Thursday by Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), who personally came over here to receive... Read More
MANILA -- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Wednesday vowed anew to uphold press freedom and protect members of the media from various threats.“What we are signing today further cemented our commitment, the President’s commitment that he expressed in his first... Read More
MANILA -- Manila Times reporter Jomar Canlas, who testified in the impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno at the House of Representatives received another death threat via text message.Canlas already reported the matter to the Manila Police District on Tuesday.The... Read More
MANILA -- The head of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Thursday defended Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. over his statements assailing the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling that freed former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes from detention allegedly due to lack of probable... Read More
MANILA -- The head of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Thursday said it supported the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in initiating an investigation to find the “stench” with regard to the Court of Appeals’ (CA) decision to release former Palawan... Read More
MANILA -- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) sought on Wednesday the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) in dealing with the death threats on Manila Times reporter Jose Marcell "Jomar" Canlas.In separate letters... Read More
MANILA -- Reporters covering the justice beat condemned the death threat against Manila Times reporter Jomar Canlas and urged authorities to probe the matter.In a statement, the Justice and Courts Reporters Association (JUCRA) described the threats against Canlas as an "act of cowardice and attack... Read More
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