PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has assured the families of the victims of the massacre in Maguindanao that those responsible would be convicted, his spokesman said on Friday.

Secretary Harry Roque also said that the President promised employment and financial aid in a meeting with the families on Thursday, November 23, the eighth anniversary of the killings that included 58 members of the media. The massacre was considered the deadliest single attack against journalists in Philippine history.

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