Media Security
Failure not an option to make PH safer for media: PTFoMS
February 19, 2018, 6:48 pm
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
Duterte wants all media killings solved by 2020: Undersecretary Egco
February 8, 2018, 11:24 pm
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… Read More
PTFoMS vows to uphold press freedom, media workers' protection
January 24, 2018, 8:47 pm
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 SONA… Read More
Manila Times reporter Jomar Canlas gets another death threat
January 24, 2018, 3:27 pm
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
PTFoMS defends Roque statements vs. CA order to free Reyes
January 11, 2018, 9:47 pm
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
PTFoMS backs OSG move to appeal CA ruling on Reyes
January 11, 2018, 6:35 pm
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 Governor Joel… Read More
Media security task force seeks NBI, police help for Times reporter
December 6, 2017, 10:04 pm
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… Read More
Journalists slam death threat vs Canlas
December 6, 2017, 5:21 pm
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… Read More
PH media security body, worthy of emulation: ASEAN media experts
November 25, 2017, 2:14 am
HANOI, VIETNAM – Expressing concern over the continuing threats to journalists’ security, media delegates from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) lauded the Philippines for its Presidential of Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) -- an inter-agency body… Read More
