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.
Grave abuse of discretion.
The Court of Appeals nullified the body created to investigate the involvement of former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes in the death of broadcaster Gerry Ortega and set aside its ruling finding probable cause to charge Reyes and his brother of murder.
A journalist who ran an online publication in northern Mexico has been fatally shot, according to a posting Monday on the website, which said the man’s body was riddled with at least 18 bullets.
The remaining suspect turned witness in the murder of Palawan environmentalist and broadcaster Dr. Gerry Ortega remains under the protective custody of the government and will not be transferred to the Quezon provincial jail where another witness turned up dead last week.
Dr. Gerry Ortega’s incessant radio commentaries against then Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes’ involvement in the alleged misuse of billions of pesos of the province’s share from the Malampaya gas project resulted in his death, fellow journalists told the Senate blue ribbon committee yesterday.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front denied reports that a kin of the Ampatuan allegedly involved in the Maguindanao massacre is hiding in an area controlled by the rebel group.
A radio broadcaster was found dead in the Liguasan marshland near Sultan sa Barongis town in Maguindanao on Sunday, becoming the country’s sixth journalist to be killed this year, officials and colleagues said on Wednesday.
A driver of a radio station, who sometimes aired situation reports, was gunned down at dawn yesterday by four unidentified men riding on motorcycles in Koronadal City in South Cotabato.
Netizens are typing away at their computers, pledging financial and other help as the manhunt for the former governor of Palawan spread to cyberspace.
The manhunt continues for former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes, one of the accused in the killing of broadcaster Gerry Ortega.
Declaring them “fugitives” from justice, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo vowed to use “all resources available” in the manhunt for Palawan’s former governor Joel T. Reyes and his brother Mario, both accused of killing an environmentalist-broadcaster.
In a message from his hideout aired on Thursday, embattled former Palawan Governor Joel T. Reyes indicated he had no intention of surrendering now despite a warrant for his arrest for the murder of broadcast journalist Gerry Ortega.
