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MANILA, Philippines ndash; The impending verdict on the Maguindanao massacre case, 32 of the 58 fatalities were media workers, has a huge impact on the state of press freedom in the country, a Commission on Human Rights CHR official said.This was according to CHR Spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia, who implied on Tuesday that the Maguindanao massacre opened the floodgates for abuses against media practitioners mdash; including the recent attacks against journalists, especially those working at the provincial beats.In fact it contributed to the climate of impunity eh, the fact that it lingered for ten years, it dragged for ten years it really impacted our human rights situation, De Guia told reporters at the University of the Philippines ndash; Diliman.Article continues after this advertisement stanley cup Kaya napakalaki talaga lsquo;yong nakasalalay dito. And nakakabagabag na ten years after the Maguindanao massacre, nagta-translate pa rin ito sa heightened media attacks, nakita nga natin lsquo;yong karapatan ng mga journ stanley cup alists ay nakalagay ngayon sa alanganin, she added.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trust Thatrsquo why a lot is at stake here. It is worrying that ten years after t stanley canada he Maguindanao massacre, it still translates to heightened media attacks, that we see the rights Pfau How Bhutan s monarchy is unique
LUCENA CITY ndash; At least three suspected drug pushers, who are all in the policersquo drug watchlist, were arrested in three separate operations in Quezon province, authorities said on Wednesday.Quezon police Director Sr. Supt. Rhoderick Armamento said operatives collared Ricardo Mojico, 34, in a bu stanley flask y-bust operation in Barangay village Cotta in Lucena City.Tagged by the police as notorious peddler of crystal meth or ldquo habu, the suspect yielded a sachet of the illegal drug weighing three grams and valued at P5,550, as well as the P500-marked money used in the operation.Article continues after this advertisement On Tuesday, alleged drug pusher Allan Avila, 36, was arrested in a raid in his house in Barangay Sta. Maria in Calauag town by police armed with stanley usa a search warrant. Recovered from him was a sachet of shabu worth P740, and assorted drug paraphernalia.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trustNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationAlso on Tues vaso stanley day, anti-illegal drug operatives armed with a search warrant arrested Joenard Garcia or Jr in Barangay Lagyo, Gumaca town. Police recovered from the suspect four sachets of shabu with a value of around P1,000 during a search of his house.Armamento said the drug pushing activities of the suspects were reported to the authorities by concerned citizens in their respective |