TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office-8 has been withholding names of suspects and victims in police reports, which raised concerns for the media in Eastern Visayas, for over a month now.
Police Major Marjorie Manuta, RPIO chief, said the new policy was approved on September 11, 2023, however, they are still awaiting cascading from the Philippine National Police national headquarters to air out the media's concern.
"It is an internal policy of the PNP as a whole...We will be sanctioned with administrative charges for violation of the policy," Manuta said when asked by the media."Turns out that the media and the taxpayers are being deprived of getting accurate information," Omang said. Other PRO-8 Press Corps members stressed the need to strike a balance between data privacy and the right to information, citing that the Data Privacy Act of 2012 does not apply to personal information processed for journalistic, artistic, literary, or research purposes."Nothing in this Act shall be construed as to have amended or repealed the provisions of Republic Act No.
Mediamen maintained that they strictly adhere to the policy in withholding names of suspects and victims in rape cases, minors, and other victims of violence.
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