[Excerpt: The gunman, accompanied by a lookout, entered the home of Marlene Garcia Esperat late Thursday in the southern city of Tacurong, greeted her with "Good evening ma'am," then shot her dead in front of her children, police said. There have been no arrests.]
Columnist Fatally Shot in Philippines http://199.181.132.144/International/wireStory?id=615257 MANILA, Philippines Mar 26, 2005 — A columnist for a weekly newspaper was gunned down in the southern Philippines in what a media watchdog described Saturday as part of a continuing wave of killings of Filipino journalists. The gunman, accompanied by a lookout, entered the home of Marlene Garcia Esperat late Thursday in the southern city of Tacurong, greeted her with "Good evening ma'am," then shot her dead in front of her children, police said. There have been no arrests. Garcia Esperat, 45, was a columnist for The Midland Review and is the second Filipino journalist murdered this year. Tacurong's police chief, Raul Supiter, told the group that Garcia Esperat had been assigned two police escorts but she allowed them to go on leave Thursday for the Easter holidays. Her husband, George Esperat, told a radio station that his wife had "many enemies because of her exposes," mostly on corruption and other issues of governance. "I told her earlier to stop, but she just shrugged it off, saying she's just doing her work." Thirteen journalists were killed in the Phillipines last year, making it the world's second deadliest place for journalists after Iraq, according to the International Federation of Journalists. The Brussels-based group has blamed a widespread culture of violence, often condoned by government officials. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
