{"id":37808,"date":"2015-01-09T01:36:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T17:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=37808"},"modified":"2015-01-09T01:36:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T17:36:25","slug":"malacanang-condemns-killing-of-abante-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/09\/malacanang-condemns-killing-of-abante-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaca\u00f1ang condemns killing of Abante reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37836\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nerlita-ledesma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37836\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nerlita-ledesma.jpg\" alt=\"Abante reporter Nerlita Ledesma (Facebook photo)\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nerlita-ledesma.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nerlita-ledesma-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abante reporter Nerlita Ledesma (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Palace has condemned the killing of a Bataan-based reporter of the daily tabloid Abante.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Kinokondena at ikinalulungkot namin ang pagpaslang kaninang umaga kay Binibining (Nerlita) \u2018Nerlie\u2019 Ledesma ng pahayagang \u2018Abante\u2019<\/em>\u00a0(We are saddened by and we condemn the murder of Ms. Nerlie Ledesma of newspaper &#8216;Abante&#8217; this morning),\u201d Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ledesma was waiting for a ride in Tuyo, Bataan on her way to work early Thursday morning, when a man riding a motorcycle shot her four times in the chest.<\/p>\n<p>Coloma assured the victim\u2019s family that the authorities are pursuing the assailant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Tinutugis na ng PNP ang mga pinaghihinalaang salarin at sila ay pinag-utusan na gawin ang nararapat upang panagutin ang mga nagsagawa ng krimen na ito<\/em>\u00a0(PNP is already in pursuit of the alleged suspects and they were ordered to do all appropriate action to bring those responsible for this crime into justice),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ledesma is the 172nd journalist to be slain since democracy was restored in 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Palace has condemned the killing of a Bataan-based reporter of the daily tabloid Abante. &#8220;Kinokondena at ikinalulungkot &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":37836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}