MANILA, Philippines --- The government must not allow the Philippines to plunge into the "Dark Ages of press freedom," opposition senatorial bets said on World Press Freedom Day on Friday. Marawi civic leader Samira Gutoc urged President Rodrigo Duterte to protect press freedom as people need access to truthful reporting as the May 13 polls draw near. "I appeal to the president not to plunge the country in the Dark Ages of press freedom. The people need access to the truth if they are to exercise their right to suffrage, their right to vote in the next elections. If this fails, then another pillar of democracy falls," Gutoc said in a statement. "The people deserve the truth and ...
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