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CPJ calls for probe of killing of journalist

New York, April 4, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an immediate and full investigation into the shooting death today of part-timenewspaper editor and columnist Orlando Tapios Mendoza. Philippine media reports andthe Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) said Mendoza was shot several times by unidentified men...

Tarlac journalist slain

A community journalist was gunned down by unidentified men on his way home last Sunday (02 April 2006) in Tarlac City, around 110 kilometers north of Manila. Orlando Mendoza, a columnist who wrote for several local newspapers, was ambushed by the armed men while on his way home, and...

The Big Chill at GMA-7

What Proclamation 1017 did The Big Chill at GMA-7 By Booma B. Cruz In less than 24 hours after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country under a state of national emergency on Feb. 24, news organizations felt the chilling effect of Proclamation 1017. The Daily Tribune was raided at...

‘No’ To The Dark Days

After PP 1017, journalists take battle to court ‘No’ To The Dark Days By Hector Bryant L. Macale and Nathan J. Lee PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 1017 may have already been lifted, but the battle for press freedom continues. Following recent pronouncements by senior government officials seeking to impose restrictions on...

Court dismisses case against Binoya murder suspects

In an unfortunate turn of events, a local court dismissed recently, the murder charge filed against the alleged brain behind the 17 June 2004 killing of journalist Elpidio Binoya in General Santos City, about 700 kilometers south of Manila. In his six-page decision dated 06 March 2006, General Santos...

Bataan columnist shot dead

Graciano Aquino, a columnist for a Central Luzon newspaper, was shot and killed at close range by unidentified suspects last 21 January inside a cockpit arena in Morong town, Bataan. Senior Supt. Hernando Zafra, head of Bataan police, said that the local communist group, Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (RHB), could...

Cebu photojourn’s killer gets death

A Cebu judge ordered the death penalty for the convicted killer of Allan Dizon, a photojournalist who worked for The Freeman and Banat News last 19 January. Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 5 Judge Ireneo Lee Gako Jr. handed down the death sentence to Edgar Belandres, who was...

Cebu journalist slay suspect identified

Local police recently claimed they have traced the mastermind behind the killing of journalist George Benaojan in Talisay City, Cebu, 600 kilometers south of Manila. In a statement released to the media last 07 December, provincial director Vicente Loot bared that the local investigators have pinpointed the alleged brain...

Cebu radioman gunned down

A local radio journalist was fatally shot by an unidentified man late last night (01 December) in Talisay City, Cebu, around 580 kilometers south of Manila. George Benaojan, 27 (28 in other reports), a reporter of radio station dyDD, died at around midnight at a local hospital barely three...

Journalist-killer gets jailed for life

Finally, a decisive victory for press freedom. The quest for justice in the killing of print, radio, and televisionjournalist Edgar Damalerio, came to a favorable conclusion as the local court convicted the scribe’s gunman, Guillermo Wapile, to life sentence in Cebu City on 29 November 2005 afternoon. Damalerio’s widow,...