ONE NATION UNDER GOD: Stop threatening journalists

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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;"><b><i>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday </i></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="color: magenta;">asked his supporters to stop threatening journalists even when they do not agree with what they read or see in news reports</span></i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Itong mga international writers, every network meron ‘yan silang correspondents, every one. Not necessarily a foreigner but a resident correspondent and they are now the subject, I was told, of several threats," he said in a speech in Camp Vicente Alagar in Cagayan de Oro</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">[These international writers, every network has correspondents, every one. Not necessarily a foreigner but a resident correspondent and they are now the subject, I was told, of several threats.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He added that while he appreciates the support he receives, it is wrong to threaten people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"We should not also threaten people because hindi na sila makapag-sulat ng totoo," Duterte said.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">[We should not also threaten people because then they will not be able to write the truth.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Malacañang has also called on supporters of Duterte to </span><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/22/16/palace-to-duterte-supporters-stop-threats-vs-de-lima-journos" style="font-family: inherit;">stop</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> using social media and text messages to attack Senator Leila de Lima and journalists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the the President's supporters should be responsible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Hindi po maganda iyung we're threatening our own. Siyempre, senador natin si Senator De Lima.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">[Let us be responsible with our text messages. It not good that we’re threatening our own. Of course, Senator De Lima is a senator.] She's an elected official of our land," Andanar told reporters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Huwag po tayong magsakitan ng mga pino-post natin sa social media. Lalong lalo na po, iwasan nating i-threaten ang mga kasamahan natin sa media [Let us not hurt each other with what we post on social media. Let us not threaten our partners in the media]," said Andanar, a former television anchor.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), has asked the Malacañang to investigate the attacks against reporters Gretchen Malalad and Al-Jazeera correspondent Jamela Alindogan-Caudron. </span></div>
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