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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 ....
MANILA - The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Wednesday decried the killing of a former radio commentator running for councilor in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat by motorcycle "riding-in-tandem" gunmen. "The government condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of Jaynard Angeles, a candidate in the local election and former station manager of Radyo ni Juan. We will never tolerate any act of violence against any person," Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, executive director of PTFoMS, said in a statement. "We condole with the family, loved ones, and colleagues of Mr. Angeles. The PTFoMS is now in close coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) in conducting intensive police operations to pursue his assailants and bring the perpetrators before the bar of justice," he added. The initial report submitted by the PNP to the Task Force showed that Angeles was shot and killed at an auto repair shop in Purok Sampaguita, Br ....