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MANILA - Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), met with representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) led by Mohamed Djelid, Director and Representative of UNESCO Office in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss possible cooperation on capacity building projects on human rights during a courtesy visit in Malacanang, Manila on March 25. Egco presented the accomplishments of PTFoMS since...

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Region X has started its own independent probe on the killing of a media worker in Lanao del Norte and has called for "urgent justice" to put a stop to impunity. Police reports obtained by the CHR showed that Audrey Gaid E

Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) (File photo) MANILA - Malacanang has strongly condemned the killing of Audrey Gaid Estrada, a news anchor for 101.3 Grace Covenant FM, who was stabbed to death inside her home in Poblacion Bacolod, Lanao del Norte on Thursday morning. "The government condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of radio broadcaster Audrey Estrada, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, Executive...

A Lanao del Norte-based radio news anchor was found dead inside her home with multiple stab wounds on Thursday morning.

Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - The Philippines has taken "positive steps" in protecting journalists, according to the 2021-2022 "World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development Global Report" released recently by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In a statement Thursday, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, Executive Director of the Presid...

ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Rowena Nina Taduran (File photo) MANILA - ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Rowena Nina Taduran recently filed a resolution seeking a congressional investigation on the reported modus operandi of Pangasinan-based newsman Jaime Aquino which involved the filing of fake criminal complaints that has victimized several people including government officials. In House Resolution No. 2521, Taduran called on "the appropriate committee to investigate aid of legislation on the practice o...

(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) MANILA - Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy-Egco and three other individuals were formally commissioned as reserve officers of the Philippine Army (PA). In a statement on Friday, the PA said its chief, Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon donned the ranks to the four in short ceremonies held on Wednesday. Egco was commissioned as Major (Res). Joining him were...

Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco on Friday appealed to both the Senate and the House of Representatives to immediately conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the "criminal enterprise" of a Pangasinan-based newsman, involving the filing of bogus rape charges. Ego said the scheme has already victi...

Commission-on-Human-Rights “We condemn any attempt on the life of any media personality.” With its declaration, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it will conduct its own investigation on the reported slay attempt against Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club, Inc. (BCBC) President

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – On March 1, Aldwin Quitasol, Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club President and Daily Tribune Correspondent, survived an at