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March 2016 – No. 05 • UK & Europe Edition
Palace tells judiciary: Speed
up cases of media killings
MALACAÑANG on Saturday Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III
told state-run Radyo ng Bayan.
urged the judiciary to speed up the
“And it requires constant appeals
resolution of cases involving the to the judiciary in a respectful but
firm manner to bear in mind that
killing of journalists in light of the justice delayed is justice denied.”
call of a United Nations body for the Elvis Ordaniza, reporter for
dxWO Power99 FM radio, was killed
Philippine government to probe the in his home in Pitogo, Zamboanga
del Sur by unidentified assailants on
recent killing of a radio reporter in February 16.
Mindanao. He was the first journalist to be
murdered this year and the 31st
“There have been many instances since President Benigno Aquino III
took power in June 2010, according
when we have all been waiting
for justice and a resolution dahil
mabagal ang proseso sa korte at
independiente po ang mga korte,
walang magagawa ang pamahalaan
doon,” Communications
PANAGBENGA ‘Let a thousand flowers bloom’
BAGUIO CITY - Kabataan Partylist
Kabataan Partylist nominee Sarah Laigo, Kabataan nominee Sarah Ilago visited Baguio
mascot and Baguio youth at Panagbenga festival it during the “Panagbenga Grand Street
Burnham Park, Baguio City. Photographed by Aldwin Dancing Parade” and shared an insight
Quitasol, InterAksyon.com about the community painting activity
that was titled “Let A Thousand Flowers
Bloom”.
That phrase, Ilago told the hundreds
of youth participants, is a variation on the
late China leader Chairman Mao Zedong’s
pronouncement on “letting a hundred
flowers blossom.”
news
to the National Union of Journalists
of the Philippines.
In a statement issued on Thursday,
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) Director General Irina
Bokova condemned Ordaniza’s
killing and asked Philippine
authorities to “spare no effort” in
bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Quezon acknowledged Bokova’s
call.
“Let us all call for and support
the thorough investigation of this
terrible tragedy to ensure that a case
The relevant passage, taken from
a speech in February 1957 by Mao in
what was then known as Peking [today,
Beijing], is as follows: “Letting a hundred
flowers blossom and a hundred schools
of thought contend is the policy for
promoting progress in the arts and the
sciences and a flourishing socialist culture many programs of the famous Baguio
in our land.”
Ilago was, thus, reminding the youth
of Baguio City about their big role in the
molding of a sound society where real
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that is filed. And let us also appeal
(for courts to resolve the cases soon)
dahil at the end of the day even the
best investigation will only take you
so far,” he said.
Special investigation teams
had been formed by the Aquino
administration to handle cases of
enforced disappearances, torture
and extrajudicial killings, including
those involving media workers.
Quezon, however, did not give
an update on the progress of these
investigations. n Virgil Lopez / GMA News /
Published / February 27, 2016 / 3:24 pm
Elvis Banggoy Ordaniza, 49, reporter of radio station
dxWO Power99 FM in Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur
was felled by two bullets to the chest while preparing
dinner Tuesday night, February 16, 2016, at his home
in Purok Bagong Silang, Poblacion.
peace and prosperity reign. would build a new society. She said that
Ilago expressed her admiration to this is applicable elsewhere, in any part
of the world where societal change is
the participants, praising them for their needed, just like here in the Philippines.
imaginative expressions of creativity.
She said that the youth have all
The community activity is part of the the potentials to lead the rest of the
Filipinos to change the old system and
Flower Festival also widely known as transform it into a progressive and
“Panagbenga” or seasons of blooming pro-people one. Ilago said that they
flowers. shall bloom and create a new world
where everyone shines. n Aldwin Quitasol /
She explained that the Chinese leader
was referring to the thousands of youth InterAksyon.com / February 27, 2016 / 7:18 pm
flourishing into revolutionaries who