00:00On the other news, the Presidential Communications Office beams with pride over the fact that no journalists have been killed in 2024.
00:09According to PCO Secretary Jay Ruiz, this can be considered a great success of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security or the PT Forms, under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcus Jr.
00:23With the relaunch of the media security vanguards of PT Forms, the government can assure the protection of journalists, especially during election period.
00:33Meanwhile, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, or NUJP, clarified that though there was no recorded case of the journalists that was killed, news agencies should still perform do their part in protecting media personnel, especially in supposed hotspots.