Gunman in Ortega slay gets life term
By Redempto D. Anda
The confessed triggerman of slain Palawan broadcaster Dr. Gerry Ortega was found guilty Tuesday by the Puerto Princesa Regional Trial Court and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The confessed triggerman of slain Palawan broadcaster Dr. Gerry Ortega was found guilty Tuesday by the Puerto Princesa Regional Trial Court and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Discounting earlier documented reports that fugitive Palawan former governor Joel Reyes and his brother, Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, had fled abroad using fake passports, police investigators claim that the two escaped suspects are still very much around in the country.
Lawyers of former Palawan governor Joel Reyes asked the Court of Appeals to stop the Department of Justice (DOJ) from acting on the murder case of environmentalist and broadcaster Gerry Ortega.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday said the government will continue to regard former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother Mario as fugitives for as long as the Puerto Princesa City Regional Trial Court does not revoke the arrest warrants it issued against two for being suspects in the murder of environmentalist and broadcaster Gerry Ortega.
She’s in a bind, but she’s not taking things sitting down, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said, amid a contempt suit filed against her by one of the principal suspects in the January 2011 murder of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega.
The Bureau of Immigration has dismissed two employees accused of allowing the escape from the country of former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother former Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, who were wanted for the killing of journalist Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega.
The Court of Appeals has junked a motion by the Department of Justice to reconsider its November 2012 decision nullifying the department’s indictment of former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother, Coron town ex-Mayor Mario Reyes, for the murder of broadcaster Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega.
The Court of Appeals maintained its 2012 ruling nullifying the body that created to investigate the involvement of former Coron Mayor Mario Reyes in the death of broadcaster Gerry Ortega and reinstating the ruling of the first panel finding no probable cause to charge him with murder.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Tuesday vowed she would go as far as the Supreme Court to stand by the justice department’s decision to file charges against former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother, former Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, for the 2011 murder of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega. De Lima made the [...]
Former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes through his counsel has asked Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to inhibit from handling the petition regarding the case against him and his brother on the death of environmentalist and broadcaster Gerry Ortega.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima branded as premature the bid of lawyers of former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes and his brother Coron Mayor Mario Reyes to lift the arrest warrant issued against them by the Palawan Regional Trial Court.
Lawyers of former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes have sought the lifting of the arrest warrants issued against him and his brother, Coron Mayor Mario Reyes.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday insisted she did nothing wrong when she created a second panel at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reinvestigate the 2011 killing of broadcaster Gerry Ortega. That panel recommended the filing of murder charges against former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother Mario Reyes.
