Radioman shot dead in Palawan
01/25/2011A hard-hitting radio commentator was shot dead in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, yesterday morning, police said, becoming the second journalist to be murdered in the eight-month-old Aquino administration.
Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr. identified the victim as Dr. Gerry Ortega of Radio Mindanao Network’s dzAR based in the city.
According to Cruz, Ortega was shot in the head while shopping in a clothing store just after finishing his latest broadcast.
Police quickly caught his attacker but the motive for the killing was not yet known, he said.
“Recovered from the suspect’s possession was a .45 cal. pistol,” the police official added..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110125hed5.html
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