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Statement of Philippine Information Agency Director General Undersecretary Ramon L. Cualoping III on the supposed "information gap" at the time of #RollyPH

There are opinions that have been circulating speaking of an “information gap” following the non-renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise.

The Presidential Communications Operations Office wishes to correct the notion of this “information gap.”

As it was in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government activated its Laging Handa Crisis Communications platform that allowed private communications organizations to efficiently and effectively gather news and information from the concerned agencies, and distribute them on their respective media channels.

The government has joined hands with the private media through the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, to bring and draw relevant news and information, particularly at this time of crisis.

The PCOO has enabled a wider reach for PAGASA’s periodic weather updates days before #RollyPH. The PCOO and Philippine Information Agency also sit in the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to monitor the situation even before the super typhoon made its landfall. The press conferences that many of us tuned into yesterday – although seen thru different media channels – were organized and enabled by the PCOO, through Radio Television Malacañang.

The PIA, through its 78 provincial offices, has been on-ground, liaising with the provincial response teams and has been gathering and broadcasting information on the preparations, real-time situations, and relief operations.

Apart from RTVM and PIA, the PCOO network itself – comprising 32 stations of the Philippine Broadcasting Service, the more than 23 stations of PTV and IBC, the 16 provincial bureaus of the Philippine News Agency, Bureau of Communications Services, the Spokespersons Guild, and the PCOO Proper – all contributed to the news and information gathering and distribution efforts.

Consistent with the efforts of the Duterte administration, the PCOO, through the leadership of Secretary Martin Andanar, similarly takes a whole-of-nation and a whole-of-community approach to news and information gathering and distribution. Our content is now evolving to be less Metro Manila-centric and more balanced, with the widest distribution on-air, online and on-ground.

We thank the continuing cooperation of our media partners, especially the members of KBP, and the Philippine Cable and Telecommunications Association, Inc. and its nationwide member-cable operators. Together, our media partners represent a collaborative footprint that counts hundreds of physical points of presence – not to mention digital media channels. Moreover, we wish to honor the men and women of the government media and in the private media in braving the storms to deliver accurate and relevant information and reach the most number of Filipinos.

Along with our partners in the private sector, we continue to work to bring more nationally and locally relevant news and information, in the coming months and years.

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