PTFoMS vows to shield media from harassment, eyes safer press environment

PTFoMS vows to shield media from harassment, eyes safer press environment

THE Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on May 6 assured local media practitioners that its office is committed to addressing all forms of media harassment. Speaking during a one-day media safety workshop, PTFoMS Undersecretary Jose Torres Jr. emphasized that the task force’s core mandate is to protect the security and safety of journalists in the country. “Kung naay mga threats, panghadlok sa media, pwede ninyo na i-report,” Torr…

At the beginning of May, the representative of the National Action Party (PAN) Kenya López Rabadán proposed reforms to the Federal Civil Code in order to shield journalists who may be the object of lawsuits for alleged moral harm to public officials for information that is published. The proposal seeks to add to article 1916 ter of the Federal Civil Code by establishing that those who believe that their morals and honor may be harmed by the jour…