By Marilou M. Aguirre | Davao Today
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte hinted that a Davao Congressman, who hired retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan as a consultant, must have known something about the killing of Davao broadcaster Ferdinand “Batman” Lintuan.
Known to Davao media as “Batman,” short for “Batang Mandaya,” (Mandaya child) Fernando Lintuan was laid to his grave on Sunday. Lintuan is the 5th journalist murdered in the country this year. He was shot dead on Christmas eve as he was leaving his radio station, DXGO, right after his radio program, “Ligas Paka” (one slip and you are dead). He left behind four children, aged 21, 18, 14 and 10. (davaotoday.com photos by Cheryll D. Fiel)
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today
The manufacture, sale, distribution, possession and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices have been prohibited in Davao since 2002 through a city ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. A year before that, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte imposed a total firecracker ban to avoid fire-cracker related injuries and deaths in the city.
National Union of Journalists Davao City Chapter prepare armbands for broadcaster Ferdie Lintuan’s burial tomorrow. Lintuan was murdered on the eve of Christmas Day near his radio station dxGO. He is the 5th journalist killed in the Philippines in 2007. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
It is with very deep remorse and extreme sadness that we, the officers and members of the Kapisanan ng mga…
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said today that the government is doing everything possible to solve the killing of Davao radio…
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte blasted certain politicians in Davao for insinuating that City Hall could have had a hand in the killing of radio broadcaster Fernando “Ferdie” Lintuan. In a press statement, Mayor Duterte said insinuations that Lintuan was killed for his attacks on alleged irregularities in the Davao City People’s Park is to deprive Lintuan and his family ”real justice”.
Initial reports revealed that a gunman riding on a motorcycle shot Ferdie Lintuan at close range while he was on board a car leaving his radio station, DXGO Aksyon Radyo, at about 10 am today. He sustained a gunshot wound in the head. Two other broadcasters, Louie Ceniza and Edgar Banzon, were with him in the car.
A relative of jailed broadcaster Alexander Adonis has raised fears for his life when a powerful politician who got him…
On Strike. Davao drivers who joined the transport strike mass up at the Bankerohan- Magallanes intersection to ask the support of fellow drivers. (davaotoday.com photo by Cheryll D. Fiel)
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Joel Basiao, a driver of a passenger jeepney in Davao City, said he lost as much as P200 on Thursday for joining the nationwide transport strike. But he said it was just about the same amount that drivers like him have been losing every day this year because of the unabated increase in the prices of oil.
