PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—A judge on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former Palawan Governor Joel T. Reyes, his mayor-brother and a former provincial administrator in connection with last year’s killing of environmentalist-broadcaster Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega here.
Reyes was charged with murder, along with Mayor Mario Reyes of Coron town in northern Palawan, and lawyer Romeo Seratubias, who served as the former governor’s provincial administrator, following a reinvestigation of the case by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila.
Judge Angelo Arizala of the Palawan Regional Trial Court (RTC) issued the arrest warrants against them and denied their lawyer’s motion for bail.
Ortega, a staunch critic of Reyes and incumbent Governor Abraham Kahlil Mitra, was gunned down inside a used clothes store on Jan. 24, 2011. The alleged triggerman, Marlon Recamata, was captured immediately.
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