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==DOJ orders murder raps filed vs. Palawan former gov., 4 others in Ortega killing== | |||
*Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/251261/news/nation/doj-orders-murder-raps-filed-vs-palawan-former-gov-4-others-in-ortega-killing | |||
*March 13, 2012 2:26pm | |||
:by MARK MERUEÑAS, GMA NEWS | |||
(Updated 3:27 p.m.) The Department of Justice on Tuesday reversed its previous decision and ordered that murder charges be filed against Palawan former Governor Joel Reyes and four others for the killing of environmentalist and broadcaster Gerry Ortega. | |||
Also ordered charged were former Palawan administrator Romeo Serratubias, Reyes’ son and incumbent Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, Arturo Regalado and Percival Lecias. | |||
"After the reinvestigation and evaluation of the evidence adduced by both parties, the new panel arrived at the conclusion that the additional evidence offered by the complainant are relevant in appreciating other pieces of evidence previously submitted by the parties during the first preliminary investigation and that such additional evidence are sufficient to modify the initial findings of the previous panel,” the DOJ said. | |||
The murder case was ordered to be filed in the Regional Trial Court of Puerto Princesa City in Palawan. | |||
The 28-page resolution was approved by Prosecutor General Claro Arellano. The panel is made up of Assistant State Prosecutor Stewart Allan Mariano, Assistant State Prosecutor Vimar Barcellano at Associate Prosecution Attorney Gerard Gaerlan. | |||
Ortega, 47, was gunned down in Puerto Princesa in January 2011after his radio program was aired. He was the main news anchor and commentator of Radyo Mo Nationwide's (RMN)'s Palawan station dwAR. | |||
Reyes may have ordered the killing because of Ortega’s vocal anti-mining advocacy, Ortega's wife claimed. | |||
In a June 8, 2011 ruling, the Justice department dropped the murder charges against Reyes and the four others noting that evidence and testimonies available at that time were not enough to indict them. | |||
Extra-judicial confession of Rodolfo Edrad Jr. earlier tagged Reyes as the mastermind in the Ortega killing. | |||
But the panel said that without independent pieces of evidence to support it, an extra-judicial confession was not admissible in court. | |||
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, however, ordered a reinvestigation of the case after the victim's widow, Dr. Patria Ortega, submitted additional evidence. | |||
In Tuesday's resolution, only Marinduque Gov. Jose Antonio Carreon was spared from the charges due to insufficiency of evidence. — VS, GMA News | |||
==Mining, "Tickets Out Of Poverty"== | ==Mining, "Tickets Out Of Poverty"== | ||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/353956/mining-tickets-out-of-poverty | *Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/353956/mining-tickets-out-of-poverty | ||
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Mining policy can be fair to today’s taxpayers and future Filipinos with: (a) a well-paid, honest bureaucracy to ensure that mining companies prevent landslides; promptly reforest; keep roads and bridges repaired; ensure purity of streams and aquifers; (b) fees and taxes enough to pay for potential loss or damage to infrastructure and private property and to lives and health; and to provide alternative ways of life to the unskilled aeta/agta, lumad and other cultural communities who populate the places to be dug up; and (c) income-producing assets to replace what the mining companies of this generation plan to sell. | Mining policy can be fair to today’s taxpayers and future Filipinos with: (a) a well-paid, honest bureaucracy to ensure that mining companies prevent landslides; promptly reforest; keep roads and bridges repaired; ensure purity of streams and aquifers; (b) fees and taxes enough to pay for potential loss or damage to infrastructure and private property and to lives and health; and to provide alternative ways of life to the unskilled aeta/agta, lumad and other cultural communities who populate the places to be dug up; and (c) income-producing assets to replace what the mining companies of this generation plan to sell. | ||
==Marinduque aims for P183M tax collection for 2012== | ==Marinduque aims for P183M tax collection for 2012== | ||