A panel of public prosecutors found probable cause to file murder charges against the person who allegedly hired the gunman and the gunman’s accomplices in the killing of Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) dwAR broadcaster Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega.
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A radio journalist has been gunned down in the northern Philippines, the fourth to have been murdered in less than a month and the first under the week-old administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III.
jose dagioNEW YORK – The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation should immediately investigate the latest killing of a witness to the…
MANILA — On the seventh month of the Ampatuan massacre, New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the Philippine National…
ampatuan massacre, harry roque, human rights watch, suwaib uphamThree journalists murdered in one week, two of them in as many days. The murder of Nestor Bedolido of the…
Nestor Bedolido, NUJPA journalist in Baguio City checks his firearm. (Photo by Artemio Dumlao/bulatlat.com) MANILA — Following the murder of two radio…
noynoy aquino, reporters without bordersNew York, December 17, 2009�At least 68 journalists worldwide were killed for their work in 2009, the highest yearly tally…
ampatuan massacre, CPJ, maguindanao massacreThe fundamental principles of legality and due process have been abandoned, with security forces having unprecedented powers given by the head of state under this martial law.
ampatuan massacre, maguindanao massacre, martial lawThe declaration of a state of Martial Law in Maguindanao sets a most dangerous precedent for the nation. Not since September 21, 1972 has there been any declaration of Martial Law, not even during the years of tumult under the Aquino, Estrada and, prior to this, the Arroyo regime. For the first time since 1972, the writ of habeas corpus has been suspended in an area in the Philippines.
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