Malacañang is not elated by reports that the Philippines remains the fourth worst place for journalists.

Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. on Friday blamed the continuing stigma on the country’s culture of impunity which, he said, was significantly a result of the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 in which 32 journalists were killed.

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