MEDIA SECURITY. A speaker reads messages during the Visayas leg of the 2023 Nationwide Media Summit at a hotel in Cebu City.
CEBU CITY – The government is working incessantly to make the Philippines safe for media practitioners.
The task force partnered with the Public Attorney’s Office for the Visayas leg of the 2023 Nationwide Media Summit at a local hotel, with the theme “Promoting a Free Responsible Press Towards a Safer Media Community.”
“We are here to not only condemn acts of violence but to actively forge solutions, strategies, and alliances that will safeguard our journalists and uphold the freedom of the press,” a message read during the event stated.
The shooting of a radio broadcaster inside his home studio on Nov. 5 is a reminder of the dangers faced by media workers daily, thus the “imperative to fortify the mechanisms
