The management of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. on Friday said it will donate P1 milion to start an education fund for the children of 25 journalists who were murdered in the line of duty in Maguindanao last Monday.

In a statement, the company condoled with the families of the murdered journalists and said its own reporters face the same risks when reporting the news to the public.

Below is the official statement by ABS-CBN Corporate Communications Head Bong Osorio:

“Journalists put their lives at risks to serve.

“What happened Monday in Maguindanao was horrifying. It shocked the nation. It was the worst single incident of violence against journalists around the world.

But it doesn’t end there. The massacred journalists left families behind. And as a member of this community of journalists, we condole with those they left behind. We would like to help and take care of our own because we know our own journalists go through the same risks everytime they go out to bring the truth to our public.

The ABS-CBN Board of Directors has decided to donate P1 million to start an education fund for the children of the journalists. With this, we hope to encourage other members of the media community to help. To those who want to support, please email Tina Monzon-Palma at tina_palma@abs-cbn.com.”

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