NPC unveils marker for martyred Maguindanao journalists
11/24/2011The National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC) unveiled yesterday a memorial marker containing the names of the 32 journalists who were murdered in Maguindanao two years ago.
The marker will serve as an eternal reminder of the violence faced by journalists in this time and day, said NPC president Jerry Yap as he condemned the culture of impunity that fuels the unabated attacks on journalists and on press freedom.
“This is an affront to the freedom we cherish. Two years after the gruesome Maguindanao massacre, justice remains elusive for all the victims and their families,” he said in a statement emailed to various media organizations..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20111124met5.html
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uulit-ulitin ko ito, tanungin n'yo kaya sa sarili ninyo sinong nagluklok kay gloria arrobo who, in turn, facilitated the murderous impunity of the ampatuans? kayong media ang nagpagamit (o nagpabayad ba ang ilan?) noong criminal, seditious edsa 2 and it seems that you unfortunately reaped somehow the fruits of your seeds.
"Through this marker, which is a simple gesture of appreciation for the sacrifices of our comrades in the profession who lost their lives on that fateful day, we at NPC hope that future journalists would observe every 23rd of November as the day when the inept and the corrupt attempted to bury the message along with the messenger, the NPC president said."
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