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NCA (1999) states that they “condemn communication that degrades

individuals and humanity through distortion, intimidation, coercion, and
violence , and through the expression of intolerance and hatred.”
The Case that we choose to illustrate the violations about unethical communication
was about the murdered environmentalist in Palawan.
Because of his advocacy to spread out the unseen issues to those politicians who
commit the illegal activities like illegal mining in Palawan, he was killed because of
his advocacy.
GERARDO VALERIANO ORTEGA
(BACKGROUND)

Gerardo Valeriano Ortega, better known simply as "Doc

Gerry" or "Ka Gerry", was a Filipino journalist,
veterinarian, politician, environmental activist, and
community organizer best known for his work to promote
crocodile farming in the Philippines, and for his advocacy
against mining on the island of Palawan. Ortega has often
been lauded as a hero of the Philippine Environment
since he was assassinated on January 24, 2011, allegedly
due to his anti-mining advocacy.
 PERSONAL LIFE AND EDUCATION

Doc Gerry was born on August 28, 1963, the son of Rafael “Totoy"
Ortega, who was the Municipal Mayor of Aborlan, in the island
province of Palawan. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine degree from the Gregorio Araneta University
Foundation near Manila. In 1988 he married Patria Gloria
"Patty" Innocencio in a church wedding in Bulacan.They later
had five children. The eldest, Mika Ortega, worked as an
Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Officer of
ABS-CBN Foundation's Kapit Bisig para sa Ilog Pasig.[6] Ortega
was a devout Roman Catholic and was one of the local leaders
of the Catholic group, Couples for Christ, in Palawan.
 CASES OF ORTEGA

https://youtu.be/aElmNy6PbpE
Here’s a video telling about the advocacy of ORTEGA.
SOME REASONS, Why Ortega paid to killed by a gunman.
Ortega resigned from his post at Crocodile Farm in time to run for
a position in the Provincial Board of Palawan during the
elections of 2001. He won and held that post until 2004.
It was during this time that Ortega is said to have first gained
access to "information and documents about widespread
corruption in the provincial government of Palawan." As a
result, Ortega became "the foremost critic of then Governor
Mario Joel T. Reyes.
Sometime later that year, the ABS-CBN Foundation recruited
Ortega to become project director of Bantay
Kalikasan-Palawan.
Ortega also began serving as an anchor/commentator in a number
of radio stations in Palawan, allowing him to promote his
environmental advocacy and continue his anti-corruption
campaign.[16] Join in TV Patrol Palawan in 2006-2010 .
The "Ten Million Signatures for the Banning of Mining in Palawan"
campaign (Edit In January 2011), Ortega, together with Bantay
Kalikasan decided to launch a broad campaign against mining in
Palawan, in response to the approval of large scale mining by
the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development(PCSD) the
month before.Ortega was getting ready to travel to Manila for
the launching of the Ten Million Signatures Campaign for the
banning of mining operations in the province of Palawan when
he was assassinated.
 DEATH THREATS

❖ Ortega had begun regularly receiving death threats because of the

hard-hitting nature of his radio programs, at one point prompting the
family to get a bodyguard for him.[14] Puerto Princesa City Former
Mayor Edward Hagedorn revealed that Ortega was especially concerned
when at one point the threats extended to his daughters.
At around 10:30 in the morning of January 24, 2011, Ortega had just finished
broadcasting on his morning show "Ramatak"[17] for Radyo Mo Nationwide
(RMN)'s Palawan station dwAR-FM,[11] and was supposed to prepare for a
scheduled journey to Manila to promote the Ten Million Signatures campaign.
He stopped at an "Ukay Ukay" (used clothing) Thrift store in Barangay San
Pedro, near the veterinary clinic he shared with his wife Patty.[16][18] It was
here that a gunman came up behind Ortega, and shot him in the back of the
head.
 ❑ Innitial arrests (Edit After a brief chase)

Police apprehended the alleged shooter, Marlon Recamata,who confessed

to the crime at the Puerto Princesa Police Office.[18] Recamata originally
claimed that the motivation for the killing was simply robbery, but
numerous parties including the Committee to Protect Journalists, the
Asian Human Rights Commission, Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward
Hagedorn, and ABS CBN's Bantay Kalikasan, through its head Gina Lopez,
pointed out that this was unlikely, given the way the murder was
conducted, the fact that Ortega did not present himself as someone likely
to be worth robbing.Recamata also implicated three others in his
statements: Rodolfo O. Edrad Jr., Dennis C. Aranas, and Armando R.
Noel.[18] Recamata pleaded guilty to murder charges on Feb. 11, 2011. The
case was heard at the Puerto Princesa trial court.He received a sentence
of life in prison.
A second suspect, Percival Lecias, was invited for questioning by the
Puerto Princesa office of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) the day
after, on January 25, 2011. Dennis Aranas was arrested in Coron, Palawan
three days after the assassination, on Jan. 28, 2011. He also confessed to
the crime at the Puerto Princesa Police Office. Rodolfo Edrad Jr.
surrendered to Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn in Lucena,
Quezon on Feb. 5, 2011, and Hagedorn brought him to the National Bureau
of Investigation NBI headquarters in Manila.[18] Armando Noel
surrendered to the NBI at their Taft Avenue headquarters on Feb. 10,
2011.[18] Both Edrad and Noel Confessed to the crime before the NBI.[18]
Another suspect, Edwin Arandia gave himself up on Feb. 27, 2011, to Fr.
Robert Reyes who accompanied him to the NBI.
 BUT THERE’S A MASTERMIND BEHIND THIS
CRIME

Further investigation,
The police found the .45 caliber pistol Recamata had allegedly used to kill Ortega in a trash bin along the road, where
Recamata had thrown it while trying to escape. Upon examination, it was found to be registered to former Palawan
provincial administrator Romeo M. Seratubias.A man named Arturo Regalado later surrendered to the authorities,
claiming he had purchased the gun from Seratubias. News reports say that in the confession Edrad gave the NBI in
Manila, he said he was a former bodyguard of former Marinduque Governor Jose Antonio N. Carrion and former Palawan
Governor Mario Joel T. Reyes.[16][18] The reports said that Edrad implicated both Governor Reyes and Governor Carrion
for the assassination. The reports also say Edrad additionally implicated former Coron, Palawan Mayor Mario T. Reyes Jr.,
and Arturo Regalado, the man who bought the gun from Atty. Seratubias. Governor Reyes later denied even having ever
hired Edrad as a security aide,[19] while Governor Carrion, who said Edrad was indeed a former security aide, denied
ever talking to Edrad about any plot.[19] Dismissal of charges by "First Panel" against "Masterminds" Edit Before
criminal charges can be filed, prosecutors must determine if there is reasonable evidence against the accused. In a
resolution dated June 8, 2011 a panel of prosecutors from the Philippines' Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed
criminal charges filed against former Marinduque Governor Jose Antonio N. Carrion, former Palawan Gov. Mario Joel T.
Reyes, former Palawan Mayor Mario T. Reyes, former provincial administrator Atty Romeo Serratubias, Arturo Regalado,
and Percival B. Lecias, citing "insufficiency of evidence".[18][20] The same resolution said that there was probable cause
to charge Rodolfo Edrad Jr., Armando Noel, Dennis Aranas, Arwin Arandia with murder.[20] On July 1, 2011, Patty Ortega
filed a 47-page motion for reconsideration at the Department of Justice, asking the investigating panel to recommend
that charges be filed against Reyes and the five others who had been absolved by the panel,[21] arguing that those she
alleged to be the "masterminds and principals" behind the killing ought to be charged, not just the ones who were
charged, whom she referred to as "pawns whose participation in the murder were merely at best as accessories."
 Arrest of Reyes Brothers and The mastermind of the
crime
(In August 2012), reward money for information about the whereabouts of the
Reyes helped spring information. In a dramatic media forum held at Club
Filipino, a man appeared with a cloth hiding his face before reporters. The
unidentified man was presented by former Solicitor General Francisco Chavez
and Sandra Cam of the Whistleblowers Association of the Philippine. He
claimed he drove the Reyes to the airport and that Bureau of Immigration
officials assisted with their flight to Vietnam. He also claimed he drove their
attorney, Hermie Aban, to the airport who was the friend of the immigration
officials. They appear to have fled on March 18, 2012 using a passport under
the name Joseph Lim Pe. Immigration records showed that a certain Lim Pe
and a companion left for Vietnam via a Cebu Pacific flight.
December 2014, police came close to catching the pair when tracing calls.
In early March 2016, a former top aide of Governor Reyes, Arturo "Nonoy"
Regalado, was found guilty.
In August 2017, the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan convicted Joel Reyes with
one count of graft and sentenced him to 6 to 8 years in prison over an
illegal small-scale mining permit in Puerto Princesa in 2006.

Should the Ortega family succeed in convicting their "mastermind", the true
legacy of the Ortega family as a whole will be the impact upon others who
believe they are above the law.
We chose this case about Dr. Gererdo Valeriano Ortega also known
as "Doc. Gerry Ortega“.
A Filipino journalist , veterinarian , politician , environmental
activist , and a community organizer , best known for his work to
promote crocodile farming in the Philippines, and known for his
advocacy against mining in the island of palawan. If you have
notice he was a lot of profession that can hit those politician who
corrupt the position they have. It is best portrait about unethical
behavior of a politicians who commit illegal. Because of his
profession he cannot avoid accepting a death threat becoming to
those contradict to his advocacy that he fight. Although his
intention is to protect the environment and to help the Rights of
every individuals as a voice for those mute to speak their opinions
and allegation. He was not able fulfill to his advocacy but in other
side he was done to starts the step to prevent the illegal activities
that are now existing. He a lot of contributions to end this
maltreated behavior of those politician abuses there position. We
hope that this death of a famous environmentalist can illustrate of
lesson to stop illegal doing at our country.