The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is saddened by the untimely death of Senior State Prosecutor Leo Dacera III, head of the Witness Protection Program and prosecutor in the Ampatuan massacre case. We condole with his family, friends and colleagues. Prosecutor Dacera was a good friend of the NUJP. We shared the [...]
ABS-CBN TV reporter Trini Velasco received a death threat via text message during the network’s coverage of the recently concluded barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) elections in Marawi City. Ms. Velasco, of ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro, received the message Oct. 26, the day after the elections. The ABS-CBN CDO crew had left Marawi [...]