Members of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club, and National Union of Jounalists of the Philippines, and representatives of various sectors lock arms near lighted candles to show their solidarity in calling for an end to the culture of impunity in the country during the commemoration of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre in the city on Monday night. (PHOTO BY CONG B. CORRALES)
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