A documentary on media killings

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) partners with GMA News TV in a must-see five-part documentary series titled PCIJ: Media Killings in the Philippines.

The series will air for five consecutive Saturdays at 9:55 p.m. on GMA News TV Channel 11 starting tonight. All documentaries will be hosted and produced by PCIJ multimedia director Ed Lingao (photo).

 For its premiere, PCIJ presents Maguindanao: The Quest for Justice. Families of the media victims resist offers for a huge settlement. But with many of them barely making ends meet, and with the prospect of a long uphill court battle ahead against an opponent that still wields political and economic clout, the families wonder how long they can hold out.

 Most of the victims were breadwinners; one was a single mother who left behind five children. The five children are now being cared for by their grandmother, who is a jobless widow.