Photo of murdered journalist Hernani Pastolero hangs on the wall as his family grieved. (Mindanao Examiner Photo/Mark Navales)COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 19 Feb) – An unidentified gunman killed a Filipino journalist in an attack in the southern Philippine province of Shariff Kabunsuan, officials said.
Officials said Hernani Pastolero, who was in his 60s, was shot in his home in Bulalo village in Sultan Kudarat town. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the attack, police said.
“He was a former broadcaster in Cotabato City and also wrote for the weekly tabloid Lightning Courier,” Abdullah Cusain, a spokesman for the local government, told the Mindanao Examiner.
Last year, at least a dozen journalists were killed by hired assassins. Pastolero was the first media man killed this year, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
“The killing of Pastolero is again proof of how official inaction has bred a culture of impunity and emboldened those who seek to stifle freedom of the press and of expression in this country,” Jose Torres Jr., NUJP head, said in a statement. “This should be a challenge to our law enforcers to once and for all, show the world these killings are being addressed by the government." (Mindanao Examiner)
Officials said Hernani Pastolero, who was in his 60s, was shot in his home in Bulalo village in Sultan Kudarat town. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the attack, police said.
“He was a former broadcaster in Cotabato City and also wrote for the weekly tabloid Lightning Courier,” Abdullah Cusain, a spokesman for the local government, told the Mindanao Examiner.
Last year, at least a dozen journalists were killed by hired assassins. Pastolero was the first media man killed this year, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
“The killing of Pastolero is again proof of how official inaction has bred a culture of impunity and emboldened those who seek to stifle freedom of the press and of expression in this country,” Jose Torres Jr., NUJP head, said in a statement. “This should be a challenge to our law enforcers to once and for all, show the world these killings are being addressed by the government." (Mindanao Examiner)
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