A guilty verdict has been handed down against the perpetrators of the biggest single attack on journalists in the Philippines. The primary accused were all sentenced to reclusion perpetua, or life imprisonment without parole, since death penalty constitutional provision has been repealed during the unfettered rule of the Oligarchy [post Marcos, pre-Duterte].
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At least 2,500 Journalists Killed Trying to Inform the World
Independent minded journalists not only have to contend with editorial dictatorship but are all taking risks just to bring the real story to the public.
Of the 2,297 journalists killed worldwide in the last 25 years, 146 died trying to expose the under-reported political and economic tyranny here in the Philippines.
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