PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday announced the appointment of veteran journalist and former Philippine Information Agency (PIA) director general Jose "Joe" Torres Jr. as the new executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS).

Torres takes over from another veteran journalist, Paul Gutierrez, whose term as PTFOMS chief expired last September.

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