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                    [ArticleID] => 457723
                    [Title] => Retired judge Codilla, 70
                    [Summary] => 

CEBU, Philippines – Retired Regional Trial Court Judge Ramon Codilla passed away yesterday at the Mactan Doctors’ Hospital. He was 70 year old. Codilla was in comatose before his death and doctors said he died due to cardiac arrest.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310873 [Title] => ‘2005 turning into another devastating year for press freedom’ [Summary] => An international group of journalists see 2005 as "another devastating year for press freedom."

"These killings are not just a terrible pain to bear for media in the Philippines," said Christopher Warren, International Federation of Journalists president.

Warren’s reaction came following the shooting to death of George Benaojan, a broadcaster of radio station dyDD and columnist of Bantay Balita in Talisay City, Cebu late last week.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310664 [Title] => Palace: Journalists’ killings an assault on democracy [Summary] => Malacañang branded yesterday as an assault to democracy the murders of journalists even as it tried to parry criticisms that the Arroyo administration was not doing enough to stop the killings.

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the recent conviction of former police officer Guillermo Wapile last Nov. 29 was a "landmark decision" that would encourage witnesses to come out and testify on the killing of journalists.

Bunye noted the conviction marked the first time that somebody was finally made to pay for the murder of a journalist in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263831 [Title] => Assassin of Pagadian journalist sets demands for surrender [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The policeman who was tagged as the killer of Pagadian City journalist Edgardo Damalerio has reportedly set demands for his surrender to police authorities, officials said yesterday.

Western Mindanao Police director Chief Superintendent Servando Hizon said negotiation is ongoing for the peaceful surrender of PO1 Guillermo Wapile, the prime suspect in the gunslaying of Damalerio more than two years ago in Pagadian City.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263468 [Title] => Newsman’s slay ‘brains’ yields [Summary] => A Batangas barangay chairman tagged as the brains in the Aug. 5 killing of journalist Arnnel Manalo gave himself up to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) yesterday.

The suspect, Edilberto Mendoza, 55, who heads the barangay captains’ group in Bauan, Batangas, said he decided to surface to clear his name.

"I could not kill Arnnel or have him killed. He was a close friend and almost a brother to me. He helped me when somebody tried to kill me," he told reporters.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263116 [Title] => Widow, kid of slain Pagadian journalist, witnesses in danger [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — The family of slain Pagadian City journalist Edgar Damalerio and two witnesses in his May 2002 killing have been living in fear after they were removed from the government’s witness protection program, a media group said yesterday.

Quoting the two witnesses, the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) said they have been receiving death threats and "are now living in constant fear for their lives."
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174236 [Title] => NBI, PNP at odds in radioman slay probe [Summary] => PAGADIAN CITY — The investigation into the murder of a radioman here became more complicated with the police and the National Bureau of Investigation pursuing different suspects, who remain at large.

This development has prompted prosecutors to evaluate first and consolidate all evidence and testimonies before filing any case and issuing a warrant against any suspect.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165313 [Title] => Family of slain broadcaster being harassed [Summary] => The family of a journalist killed in a drive-by shooting is facing harassment following the release of a police officer who is a suspect in the case, a media watchdog group said yesterday.

Two key witnesses to the slaying last month of Edgar Damalerio, a Pagadian City television and radio journalist who commented on corruption and other local issues, also received death threats, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

Damalerio won an Association of Filipino Broadcasters award last year.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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