Mark Navales News Today

♪ ♪ >> oh, my gosh! this is from albert. >> we have a request from the audience. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> twas the week before christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. actually thats not true at all. metro manila. bustling, sprawling south east asian capital of the philippines. home to somewhere between 12 to 20 million people. the worlds most densely populated city. ♪ but it is christmas. a twinkly, festive wonderland where the mostly catholic ...

Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were exhausted due to continued military operations in the Maguindanao region

For the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is in fertile grounds for that. >> now, traditionally, the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. >> yes. >> there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. >> yeah. >> but these days, people seem to not make that distinction. >> yes, dating back to the marcos -- the marcos years, eve...

Although the philippines has remained a democracy since then, it can seem, at times, fragile. ♪ cheers, everyone. now youre both photojournalists. >> yup. >> based out of manila? >> yeah, uh, me. mark lives in mindanao. >> in mindanao. >> yeah. >> now, does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? >> for me, yes. >> in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where mark navales lives and works. >> mindanao has been war-torn