CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Media groups here welcomed the proposal of Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez not to compel journalists to stand as witnesses in drug-related cases.
Rodriguez said in a radio interview he filed House Bill No. 4104 to amend section 21 of Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, which compels media men to join anti-drug operations and sign the inventory of confiscated drugs during these operations.
HB No. 4104 states that the presence of media men will be allowed during anti-drug operations for coverage and journalism purposes only.
A similar bill filed by Rep. France Castro, of the party-list group Act-Teachers, also seeks to spar…
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