The National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC), the largest and one of the most firmly established organizations of professional media practitioners in the country, on Sunday said the media under the Duterte administration is a lot safer now and that the government gives premium to transparency and accountability.

Paul Gutierrez, president of NPC and reporter of People’s Journal, cited the Freedom of Information (FOI) and the creation of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) as two major moves that ensure the safety of journalists and equip them with a tool to give that easy and quick access to government documents.