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May 2, 2012
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Palace, group condemn slay of Bombo reporter A witness identified the suspects in the shooting of the broadcaster.
By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor and JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA, Managing Editor
MALACANANG and the Philippine Press Institutre (PPI) in Mindanao strongly condemned the killing of a broadcast journalist in Koronadal City early Monday saying the Philippine National Police (PNP) is already investigating the latest attack against the working press. Speaking, in his capacity as PPI trustee for Mindanao, Lawyer Jesus G. Dureza said: “Another mediaman has fallen. We mourn his passing. We condemn this premeditated murder. Bombo Rommel Jojo Palma of Bombo Radyo Koronadal was shot to death (early Monday morning) while doing his reporter’s beat at the Koronadal provincial hospital.” Dureza said unless the murderers are made to pay PALMA
for their dastardly crimes, this impunity and direct assault to press freedom will continue. Police have identified two suspects believed to be behind the killing Monday dawn of a driver and media worker in Koronadal City. Rommel Palma, 31, a reporter for radio station dxMC Bombo Radyo-Koronadal, died from four gunshot wounds at the back and the neck after he was attacked by motorcycleriding gunmen. Palma, who was driving the radio station’s patrol vehicle, was attacked at around 5 a.m. on Monday in front of the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital. The victim’s co-employees said it appears that Palma CONDEMN/PAGE 6
Unabia turns 50
Power consumers mobilize to purchase Agus-Pulangui By MIKE BAÑOS Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The people of Mindanao will respond to President Aquino’s call to do their share to help alleviate the power crisis in Mindanao. The island’s power consum-
By GERRY L. GORIT Photo-journalist
MISAMIS Oriental––The congressman of the first district of Misamis Oriental celebrated his 50th birthday with a party held Sunday at the Talisayan gym. Rep. Peter M. Unabia welcomed his well-wishers who filled the gym for the day’s program of gift giving and celebration. Among the well-wishers were Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano and UNABIA/PAGE 6
NEW HOME. These boys take shelter inside culverts from the heat of the summer sun as they look for scrap metal near a construction area to sell. The concrete culverts have been sitting on the side of the highway as a major drainage system is being constructed to replace the old one. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
ers will launch a massive initiative to buy the island’s hydroelectric power plants if the government insists on selling them. “If the National Government insists on privatizing the Agus and Pulangui hydroelectric power plants despite stiff opposition from
the power consumers of Mindanao, then we will mobilize the whole population to buy it from the government,” said Irene M. Santiago, chair emerita of the Mindanao Commission of Women during a recent talk to the Rotary Club of POWER/PAGE 7
WEATHER UPDATE Misamis Oriental first district Rep. Peter M. Unabia welcomes barangay chairmen and councilors from the province’s first district municipalities who came to greet the congressman a happy birthday yesterday at the Talisayan gym. Many of the barangay officials took their oath as new members of the Padayon Pilpino party later in the program. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
At 2 a.m. yesterday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 90-kilometer West Southwest of Dumaguete City (9.0°N, 122.5°E). Eastern Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms while the rest of Visayas will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate. SOURCE : PAGASA
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