President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the reorganization of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) to ensure continuing efforts in public service.
"There is a need to reorganize the PCO to ensure rationalization of its organizational structure, functions, and staffing pattern, consistent with the Administration's continuing efforts towards efficiency and responsiveness in the delivery of critical mandates to the Filipino people," he wrote.
Marcos signed Executive Order (EO) No. 16, which also mandated to reattach of Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), including People's Television Network, Inc., APO Production Unit, Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, and National Printing Office back to the PCO.
Structure of the PCO
Under EO No. 16, the PCO must be headed by a Secretary exercising the overall control and supervision of the organization and shall be assisted by five (5) Undersecretaries and fourteen (14) Assistant Secretaries, with one (1) secretary directly reporting to the PCO Secretary.
The five Undersecretaries will be appointed to the following functional areas:
- Traditional Media and External Affairs
- Digital Media Services
- Content Production
- Broadcast Production
- Operations, Administration, and Finance
The appointed PCO Secretary shall work closely with Presidential Adviser for Creative Communications for 'communications and information dissemination, and the development and enhancement of the messaging system of the Executive branch and the OP'.
Other communication agencies to be placed under the supervision of PCO are:
- Presidential Broadcast Service-Bureau of Broadcast Services
- Bureau of Communication Services
- News and Information Bureau
- Freedom of Information-Program Management Office
- Philippine Information Agency
- Presidential Broadcast Staff-Radio Television Malacañang
The budget for the implementation will be charged to the available appropriations of the PCO.
