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AMSTERDAM A macabre political thriller recently unfolded in the Philippine province of Palawan, an island known mostly for its rich biodiversity and pristine beaches. On May 9, Joel T. Reyes, the alleged mastermind of the 2011 murder of well-known radio broadcaster Gerry Ortega, ran again for governor. Had Reyes won, the possibilities for Ortega’s family to obtain justice ....
AMSTERDAM A macabre political thriller recently unfolded in the Philippine province of Palawan, an island known mostly for its rich biodiversity and pristine beaches. On May 9, Joel T. Reyes, the alleged mastermind of the 2011 murder of well-known radio broadcaster Gerry Ortega, ran again for governor. Had Reyes won, the possibilities for Ortega’s family to obtain justice ....
Presidential Task Force on Media Security Executive Director and Undersecretary Joel M. Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Undersecretary Joel M. Sy Egco, executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), supports the move of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in urging the Supreme Court (SC) to have former Palawan governor Mario Joel Reyes rearrested for the murder of environmentalist and broadcaster Dr. Gerry Ortega. In a statement, Egco, as head of the task force under the Office of the President charged with protecting media workers, said he "fully backs and supports" OSG's move for the lifting of the March 23, 2022 temporary restraining order (TRO) the High Court issued which prevented the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Puerto Princesa City from enforcing the warrant of arrest against Reyes. "The Presidential Task Force shares the sentiments of the OSG in its motion to lift the TRO which is preventing the re-arrest of the former gove ....
“The RTC’s finding of strong evidence of petitioner’s guilt has, in turn, been affirmed by the Court of Appeals in its decision dated July 9, 2021. With due respect to this Honorable Court, these consistent findings by the RTC and the Court of Appeals superseded and mooted the issue of probable cause,” the OSG told the high court. ....
The Supreme Court has stopped a local court in Palawan from implementing a warrant for the arrest of former governor Joel Reyes in connection with the murder of radio broadcaster Gerry Ortega in 2011. ....