Source: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
September 3, 2007
A radio reporter was stabbed and seriously wounded by an unknown assailant on 31 August 2007 in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, a province approximately 480 km from Manila.
Joel Abilay, a news reporter of Radio GMA (RGMA) in Cadiz city, was in a Cadiz City market at around 7 pm (local time) when he was stabbed in the back twice. Bystanders rushed Abilay to the Cadiz district hospital. He was later transferred to the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in nearby Silay city. According to Jessie Morin, the police officer in Cadiz in charge of the case, the assailant was a male in his early teens.
Sheryl Iqduila, a news reporter of RGMA Bacolod, said that Abilay usually filed police reports on the illegal gambling and illegal drug trade in Cadiz. Iqduila said that Abilay's reports could have been the reason for the attack. Morin said the only motive the police have considered so far is retaliation for Sabilay's reports.
Iqduila said Abilay is now in stable condition.
Negros Occidental has been the scene of other attacks on journalists. RGMA Bacolod station manager Ferdinand "Bambi" Yngson was himself shot in Sagay city last July 25 by Romeo Bauden Corbo Jr, deputy officer of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). The motive for the attack is believed to be Yngson's critical commentaries on the LTO. Corbo, who was arrested while allegedly trying to escape, was reported to have cursed and shouted at Yngson in the course of the encounter, saying "You keep attacking the LTO!"
Yngson, who was recently discharged from the hospital, has filed frustrated murder charges against Corbo.
Joel Abilay, a news reporter of Radio GMA (RGMA) in Cadiz city, was in a Cadiz City market at around 7 pm (local time) when he was stabbed in the back twice. Bystanders rushed Abilay to the Cadiz district hospital. He was later transferred to the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in nearby Silay city. According to Jessie Morin, the police officer in Cadiz in charge of the case, the assailant was a male in his early teens.
Sheryl Iqduila, a news reporter of RGMA Bacolod, said that Abilay usually filed police reports on the illegal gambling and illegal drug trade in Cadiz. Iqduila said that Abilay's reports could have been the reason for the attack. Morin said the only motive the police have considered so far is retaliation for Sabilay's reports.
Iqduila said Abilay is now in stable condition.
Negros Occidental has been the scene of other attacks on journalists. RGMA Bacolod station manager Ferdinand "Bambi" Yngson was himself shot in Sagay city last July 25 by Romeo Bauden Corbo Jr, deputy officer of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). The motive for the attack is believed to be Yngson's critical commentaries on the LTO. Corbo, who was arrested while allegedly trying to escape, was reported to have cursed and shouted at Yngson in the course of the encounter, saying "You keep attacking the LTO!"
Yngson, who was recently discharged from the hospital, has filed frustrated murder charges against Corbo.
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