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 Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), said in a statement Friday. "We send our deepest condolences to the family, loved ones, and colleagues of Ms. Estrada. Rest assured that this government will not rest until the perpetrator of this heinous crime is brought to justice," the Palace official added. Egco said that he is now in close coordination with investigators of the Bacolod Municipal Police Station (MPS) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and its
(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 Office of Civil Defense Director III Tecson John S. Lim, who is now a Lieutenant Colonel (Res), Antipolo City Prosecutor Mari Elvira B. Herrera, who is now also a Lieutenant Colonel (Res), actor and balladeer Ronnie D. Liang who was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant (Res). "As the Philippine Army's deployable force in times of national emergencies, our reservists brave the dangers of natural and human-induced calamities and confront the pervasive effects of Covid-19 pandemic. This requi
PRESS BRIEFING. Lt. Col. Leo Pamittan (left), acting director of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, with public information officer Lt. Abegael Donasco, during a press conference at the NOCPPO headquarters in Bacolod City on Jan. 18, 2022. Donasco has been designated as the focal person of the provincial media security task force that will ensure protection for journalists and media workers during the coverage of the May 2022 elections.(Photo courtesy of NOCPPO Public Information Office) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has reactivated the local media security task force to ensure protection for journalists and media workers during the coverage of the May 2022 elections. Lt. Abegael Donasco, public information officer of NOCPPO, said on Thursday she has been designated as the focal or point person, who will receive and monitor reports on media workers in danger as well as oversee and monitor media-related violence. "If there are threa
NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Contrary to misleading reports, New People's Army (NPA) assassin and convicted murderer Juanito Itaas has never been and will never be considered a "political prisoner" but a cold-blooded killer who served his sentence under the law. Itaas, according to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), is a convicted murderer of United States Army Col. James N. Rowe and should not be given any romantic attribution that tends to mislead the public. NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements and fact-checker, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, a journalist for nearly three decades, cautioned journalists not to brand Itaas as a "political prisoner" as he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt by Branch 88 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) for the murder of Rowe, the deputy commander of the Joint US Military Advisory
NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Contrary to misleading reports, New People's Army (NPA) assassin and convicted murderer Juanito Itaas has never been and will never be considered a "political prisoner" but a cold-blooded killer who served his sentence under the law. Itaas, according to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), is a convicted murderer of United States Army Col. James N. Rowe and should not be given any romantic attribution that tends to mislead the public. NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements and fact-checker, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, a journalist for nearly three decades, cautioned journalists not to brand Itaas as a "political prisoner" as he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt by Branch 88 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) for the murder of Rowe, the deputy commander of the Joint US Military Advisory