Pangasinan radio station manager survives gun attack

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines–A radio station manager here was shot and wounded by a lone gunman in Barangay (village) Pantal while he was on his way home early morning Tuesday, police said.

Orlando “Orly” Navarro, 54, said he just alighted from a tricycle at 12:40 a.m. when he heard a gunshot. “Then, I felt a thud on my back. I knew I was hit,” Navarro told the Inquirer by telephone.

Navarro is a commentator and station manager of dwIZ News Radio here. He was formerly president of the Pangasinan Press and Radio Club.

Navarro said he immediately asked the tricycle driver to take him to the nearest hospital.

He said he will undergo surgery Tuesday so doctors can remove from his upper left back the bullet that nearly pierced his heart.

Police were still determining the motive behind the shooting.

Media killings have become rampant in the country. Under the administration of President ‎ Aquino alone, more than 20 media persons have been killed. Aquino became President in 2010. –Yolanda Sotelo and Gabriel Cardinoza, Inquirer Northern Luzon; and Julliane Love de Jesus, INQUIRER.net 

Originally posted: 8:18 am | Tuesday, August 26th, 2014