DUMAGUETE City -- The Task Force Newsman is being revived
here following the series of extrajudicial killings involving
media personalities in different parts of the country.
Dumaguete City Police Office officer-in-charge Chief Insp.
Errol Garchitorena recently met broadcast and print journalists
in an effort to revive the task force following a directive
from Camp Crame.
It was also agreed that a separate logbook will be used to
document threats to media personalities, so that in case something
bad happens, the police will have something to start with
in their investigation.
The police may not be able to provide each media personality
with the necessary security, but a “tracer” of
what they believe as threats to their lives is of great help,
Garchitorena pointed out.
But to avoid threats to one's life, the city’s top
cop enjoined practicing mediamen here to be fair in their
radio commentaries and news reports.
Designated as point person of Task Force Newsman is SPO3
Luis Lakandula, the police community relations officer at
the city police office. (PNA)