We Are Only Messengers, Stop Killing Journalists!

Baguio media (Baguio City and Benguet press corps, NUJP) braved the rains and lighted 79 candles May 31 in front of Baguio Cathedral grounds to protest the continued killings of journalists and mark the passing and burial of Dong Batul. Lawyers and campus journalists will join the activity. (Photos courtesy of NUJP Baguio-Benguet chapter)

Funeral march for slain journalist maybe biggest in Puerto Princesa, say colleagues

Media practitioners in 18 cities and provinces in the Philippines wore black and bid goodbye their slain colleague Fernando “Dong” Batul of Puerto Princesa, Palawan -– the 42nd journalist killed since 2001 and 79th since 1986 when democracy was restored.

Expressing outrage at the unsolved murders, journalists lighted 79 candles to represent their 79 murdered colleagues. (National Union of Journalists of the Philippines)