Community journalist Nino Joseph Oconer and five other activists and development workers from the Cordillera and Ilocos regions appeared at the Baguio City Hall of Justice on February 20 to post bail for their temporary liberty.
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines —
Oconer is the Ilocos correspondent of Northern Dispatch . Gimenez is a secretariat member of farmer’s group Alyansa ti Pesante iti Taeng Kordilyera, Abellon-Alikes was a former Board of Director of Katinnulong Dagiti ti Umili ti Amianan, and Kang is the executive director of the Ilocos Center for Research, Empowerment and Development.“onsidering the fact that they are similarly situated with the accused Jennifer Awingan, the same is hereby GRANTED,” said RTC Branch 2 Judge Corpus Alzate.
An intelligence officer of the 24th IB implicated the six individuals in the New People’s Army ambush in Barangay Gacab, Malibcong, Abra in October 2022. Two soldiers from the said army unit died in the clash and two others survived.In a February 20 interview, Oconer said there is nothing new about members of the media being victims of the government’s weaponization of the law. He added that those in the mainstream and alternative media outfits have been fending off attacks for a long time.
“Maliban kasi sa sarili ko, siempre mas malaking takot ko ay yung sa magulang ko na parehas ng matanda, may sakit at nasa ibang bansa. Lagi ako kinakabahan na baka mamaya ay atakehin sila dahil sa pag-aalala bagamat masaya ako na supportive sila sa akin,”Despite all this, he said he is determined to return to his work as he has been away from work for almost a month.
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