Killings under P-Noy Admin

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First killing of activist under Aquino condemned - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

First killing of activist under Aquino condemned

By Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 08:55:00 07/05/2010

Filed Under: Crime and Law and Justice, Justice & Rights


ILOILO CITY, Philippines—(UPDATE 3) Two unidentified gunmen shot dead the provincial coordinator in Aklan of the party-list group Bayan Muna in front of his house in the capital town of Kalibo in Aklan early Monday.

Fernando Baldomero, also a town councilor of Lezo, Aklan, was the first activist killed under the Aquino administration, said Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato Reyes Jr.

The killing came two days after Jose Daguio, a 75-year-old reporter and commentator of Radyo Natin and a columnist of a community newspaper, was shot dead in his home in Tabuk City Saturday night.

Baldomero was pronounced dead on arrival at the Aklan Provincial Hospital, shortly after he was shot at around 6:30 a.m. in front of his house in Barangay (village) Estancia in Kalibo, Chief Inspector Alden Lagradante, Kalibo police chief, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephone interview.

Lagradante said Baldomero sustained at least two gunshot wounds in the neck and head.

In a text message, Reyes said Fernando Baldomero was shot dead early Monday as the victim was getting ready to bring his child to school.

Bayan’s Reyes condemned the killing and called on President Benigno Aquino III to act swiftly on the killing of activists.

"We call on Mr. Aquino to condemn the killing and to use the full force of the law to arrest the perpetrators," Reyes said.

He added, "Mr. Aquino must send a clear message to state security forces that these killings have to end and perpetrators will be prosecuted. Heads must roll in the AFP, otherwise, the climate of impunity will continue."

Police, who have yet to establish the motive for the killing, have launched pursuit operations against the killers who fled on board a motorcycle.

Last March 19, unidentified men lobbed two grenades at the ancestral home of Baldomero in Lezo town, 6 kilometers west of Kalibo. No one was hurt but the house was damaged.

On the other hand, Daguio’s case was the first extra-judicial killing under the five-day-old Aquino administration. More than 100 journalists were killed in the country during the nine-year regime of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Last week, Aquino's newly appointed Justice Secretary Leila de Lima vowed to put an end to the extra-judicial killings that have been widely criticized by other governments and human rights groups.

Local rights group Karapatan has said over 900 activists who were critical of government, including students and labor leaders, have been killed in the past nine years.

The assassinations are normally carried out by gunmen on motorcycles.

In its annual report on human rights worldwide in March, the United States State Department cited such killings in the Philippines during the tenure of then-president Gloria Arroyo.

It mentioned "arbitrary, unlawful, and extrajudicial killings by elements of the security services and political killings, including killings of journalists, by a variety of actors."

In 2007, the UN's special rapporteur on extra-judicial killings, Philip Alston, and a Philippine government fact finding mission blamed the military for many of the extra-judicial killings. The military has consistently denied the accusations.

[samamar21]

whoever the president naa gyod patay sa mga journalists!!

[Xilcher]

Journalist shot dead; 1st under new government | The Philippine Star >> News >> Headlines

Journalist shot dead; 1st under new government


BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A 75-year-old radio commentator was shot dead in his home in Tabuk City over the weekend, the first journalist murdered during the Aquino administration.

Police said a lone gunman attacked Jose Daguio, reporter and commentator of Radyo Natin and columnist of a community newspaper. Daguio succumbed to multiple injuries while being treated at the provincial hospital.

Police investigators led by Jose Calendario said the gunman entered Daguio’s house in Barangay Tuga in the city on Saturday night and shot the victim at close range with a 12-gauge shotgun.

“We are still investigating the case as to the identity of the suspect and possible motives behind the killing,” Calendario said.

Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz said they were waiting for the local police report on the murder.



Daguio was the first journalist to be killed under the five-day-old Aquino administration, and possibly the oldest to be slain in the line of duty.

More than 100 journalists were killed in the country during the nine-year administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The killings of journalists were among the issues expected to be addressed by President Aquino.

Alarmed by the increasing number of journalists getting murdered, Arroyo ordered the PNP to form Task Force Usig to address media killings.

The task force said they have received 76 cases of reported attacks against members of the media. As it turned out, only 39 cases were confirmed to be work-related while 30 others were personal and seven were not directed at legitimate members of the media.

Of the 39 work-related attacks, 33 of them had been prosecuted, with four convictions and six still pending investigation.

The attack on Daguio came after another journalist, Jerome Tabanganay survived an attacked by unidentified men on May 15.

Tabanganay was about to report for work for the state-owned dzRK Radyo ng Bayan in Tabuk when unidentified gunmen shot him.

Tabanganay managed to survive the attack by running inside the radio station even after sustaining gunshot wounds on his right leg and knee.

International groups had ranked the Philippines among the high-risk countries for journalists. -With Cecille Suerte Felipe

[amingb]

Mura ug naka Smell man ko ug Bias sa mga Media ug Bayan Muna .... Sa GMA nga Admin ug dunay Patay nga Media ang e Condemned nila ang GMA Admin dayon tagbaw gud ug depensa ang Malacanang kay sila may Basolon sa mga BUANG ... Karon unsa naman ni ......

[Romeojin]

mao man pud ang disadvantage na ma president.. they always take the blame.

[elvishtattoo]

I hope P'Noy is getting enough sleep. para maka lahutay pa sa 6 years.
He is being closely watched...
this is 1 point sa iyang mga detractors.

[lestat1116]

naa koy feeling maka 2log ra cya. wala cyay paki anang mga killing same as gma.

[elvishtattoo]

naa koy feeling maka 2log ra cya. wala cyay paki anang mga killing same as gma.

ahahahaha! mao sad...

[nirdle_phogi]

hope masugpo ni niya mga killings.. tsk tsk..

[hulagway]

dili man jud dapat i blame ang president kung naa killings,unfair pud na sa president,,