By Ronron
April 19, 2007
Two reporters escaped death after surviving an ambush attempt against them Thursday morning in Quezon province.
The incident happened a day after a government radio correspondent was found dead in Nueva Ecija province.
The Lucena City Police Station in Quezon province said Delfin Mallari, correspondent of Philippine Daily Inquirer, Editor-in-Chief of the local publication Ang Diyaryo Natin (ADN), and a local radio announcer, and Johnny Glorioso, radio correspondent of ABS-CBN DZMM and publisher of ADN, were aboard the former’s red Honda Civic (plate number TSF-235) when attacked by two unidentified suspects.
The two were supposed to go to the local KI radio station for their morning radio program.
Police said Mallari, 52, brought his car to a halt due to traffic upon along the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Ibabang Dupay, Lucena City at around 7:40 am.
The motorcycle-riding suspects suddenly appeared beside Mallari and one of them opened fire two times using a caliber 45 aimed at the newsman.
A bullet pierced through the glass window of Mallari’s car and hit him at his left lower rib cage. Glorioso, on the other hand, was unhurt.
The suspects immediately sped off towards the direction of Mayao.
Mallari is now being treated at a hospital in Lucena City.
Police has yet to establish the motive behind the incident, even as they note that Mallari is just a regular newsman who does not hold a reputation of being hard-hitting.
Promptly, police regional director Chief Supt. Nicasio Radovan, Jr. ordered the administrative relief of Supt. Nelson Lequin, chief of the Lucena City Police Station, for his apparent failure in strictly implementing the “No Plate, No Travel” policy, said Director Geary Barias, commander of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Task Force USIG.
Barias noted that the suspects were using a motorcycle that has no license plate.
Placed in Lequin’s stead as Officer-in-Charge is Supt. Marcos Badilla, Jr.
On Wednesday morning, the dead body of Radyo ng Bayan correspondent Carmelo Palacios, 41, was found dumped along the highway in Sitio Uno, Barangay Mapalad, Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija.
Supt. Benjamin dela Cruz, chief of Sta. Rosa Police, said it appears that Palacios was tortured to death, targeting his head which bore all the fatal injuries.
“This is work-related… He must have had a dispute with some persons while he was performing his job,” dela Cruz said in a phone interview.
But he admitted that they still have no lead as to the suspects behind the killing since there was no evidence found at the place where his body was left, and no witness has surfaced yet.
Palacios is the 27th media victim of violence in the Philippine National Police (PNP) Task Force USIG’s list since 2001./DMS
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