“There are no contentious issues in the (FOI) executive order,” he said. He said Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo and lawyers from the Office of the Executive Secretary had finished reviewing the proposed administrative order. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the draft of the administrative order forming a new task force on media killings was ready for the President’s approval. “It was (just) overtaken by events like the decision of the (UN) Permanent Court of Arbitration (on the West Philippine Sea issue). MALACAÑANG on Sunday said the superbody which President Duterte is set to create to look into the killings of journalists in the country would also investigate the Maguindanao massacre and other previous cases of violence perpetrated against members of media.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 17, 2016 18:33 UTC