(Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews): DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 March) – Marlene Esperat did not live to see
her two youngest sons graduate from elementary and high school.
Three years ago today, the 45-year old columnist (“Madame Witness”) of
The Midland Review was gunned down while having dinner inside her
house in Tacurong City, in the presence of her sons Kevin Jorge, [...]
Esperat’s sons graduate
Esperat murder 3 years later: triggermen punished but where are the
(Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews) : DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 March) – Three years after the March 24, 2005
murder of Tacurong City columnist Marlene Esperat, the hired killers are
serving their life terms in prison but the alleged masterminds have
continued to elude arrest.
Cotabato City police chief Willie Dangane told MindaNews on March 7
that the warrants for the arrest of [...]
CA junks petition for TRO by ‘brains’ in Esperat slay
The Court of Appeals dismissed a petition for a temporary restraining order filed by the alleged masterminds in the murder of journalist Marlene Esperat.
Lawyer Cesar Jimenea, counsel of Osmeña Montaner and Estrella Sabay had questioned the jurisdiction of Cebu regional trial court Judge Simeon Dumdum Jr. over the case.
Dumdum had issued warrants of arrest against [...]
SC transfers cases of slain broadcasters
The Visayan Daily Star: ILOILO CITY – The Supreme Court has ordered the transfer of the trials of the murder of broadcasters Herson Hinolan and Rolando Ureta from Aklan to Cebu City in an en banc resolution dated March 18, as requested by media organizations citing security reasons.
The Supreme Court also directed the Clerk [...]
High Court grants petition for transfer of venue of the trials of the killings of two journalists
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court granted on 18 March 2008 a petition by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to transfer the venue of the trials of suspects in the killings of two Aklan-based journalists to another branch of the Regional Trial Court [...]
