Media organizations led by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Philippine Press Institute (PPI), television networks, media practitioners, members of the academic community, alternative artists, artists’ groups and human rights’ activists, commemorated the 1,000 days of the infamous Ampatuan massacre which claimed the lives of 58 people, including 32 journalists on November 23, 2009.
A prayer-vigil and program replete with solidarity speeches, video documentaries, poetry, songs and dances marked August 19 as the 1000th day of the massacre at the Bantayog ng Mga Bayani memorial center in Quezon City. The crowd estimate was 200.
