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MURDER CASE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE BROADCASTER STARTS TRIAL – SY EGCO

Rolly Mahilum, the prime suspect in the 2017 brutal murder of Surigao del Sur DXBF Prime Broadcasting Network manager and anchor Christopher Iban “Chris Rapido” Lozada, was finally brought to trial. This welcome development was announced by the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), the lead government agency tasked to investigate violence committed against […]

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TRIAL FOR SLAIN SURIGAO DEL SUR BROADCASTER BEGINS – SY EGCO

Rolly Mahilum, the prime suspect in the brutal murder of Surigao del Sur DXBF Prime Broadcasting Network manager and anchor Christopher Iban “Chris Rapido” Lozada in October 2017, was finally brought to trial. This welcome development was announced by the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), the lead government agency tasked to investigate violence […]

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PROBERS IN DUMAGUETE RADIOMAN SLAY THREATENED, INTIMIDATED – SY EGCO

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has expressed alarm over reports that investigators tasked to probe the recent killing of Dumaguete City-based radio anchor Cornelio “Rex” Pepino are being threatened and intimidated by some individuals in Negros Oriental. PTFoMS Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, said his office has been receiving regular updates […]

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DO NOT OBSTRUCT PROBERS ON PEPINO MURDER — SY EGCO TO NEGROS EXECS

“We will follow where the evidence leads us. Charge those who will hamper your investigation.” This was the order given by Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Sy Egco’s to Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents who are investigating the murder of Dumaguete City radioman Rex […]

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SUSPECT IN SURIGAO DEL SUR RADIOMAN’S MURDER ARRESTED – SY EGCO

Rolly Mahilum, the main suspect in the murder of DXBF Prime Broadcasting Network operations manager and anchor Christopher “Chris Rapido” Lozada in October 2017 has been arrested by the Surigao Del Sur Police Provincial Office. A report sent to the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Secretariat in Malacañang said Mahilum was arrested on March […]

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REWARDS AWAIT TIPSTERS OF MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE SUSPECTS – SY EGCO

Rewards will be given to anyone who can provide information that will lead to the arrest of 76 Maguindanao massacre suspects who remain at large, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) announced. In a press statement, the PTFoMS said the Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to pursue intensified manhunt operations against the fugitives, […]

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PTFoMS ISSUES WARNING TO LOCAL GOV’T, POLICE EXECS ‘PROTECTING’ SUSPECT IN KIDAPAWAN RADIOMAN’S SLAY – SY EGCO

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has issued a stern warning against some local government and police officials who are reportedly protecting the alleged mastermind in the brutal killing of Kidapawan-based radioman Eduardo Dizon. In a letter to Police Regional Office (PRO) Region 12 director Brig. Gen. Alfred Corpus, PTFoMS Executive Director Jose […]

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COURT ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR SUSPECT IN BRIGADA ANCHOR SLAY – SY EGCO

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is now coordinating with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to effect the immediate arrest of Dante Tabosares, the alleged mastermind in the killing of Brigada News FM anchor Eduardo Dizon in July last year. This, after Presiding Judge Henelinda Molina-Diaz of […]

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ALLEGED KILLER OF CATANDUANES JOURNALIST FOUND GUILTY IN SEPARATE MURDER CASE – SY EGCO

Former Catanduanes police officer Vincent Tacorda, who initially confessed, but later denied his statement of killing 54-year-old Catanduanes-based newspaper publisher Larry Sy Que, was found guilty in a separate frustrated murder case. In an 11-page decision released on February 14, Virac Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 Presiding Judge Genie G. Gapas-Agbada convicted Tacorda in […]

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PTFOMS IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF FRAMING UP PEOPLE – SY EGCO

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is not  into “framing up” people amid its quest for justice for slain media workers, the agency’s executive director Undersecretary PTFoMS executive director Undersecretary Joel Egco has issued the statement after the Department of Justice junked the motion for reconsideration of the alleged gunman in the slaying of […]