Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Cameraman wearing 'Stop Killing Journalists!' shirt prevented by PSG from going near President Arroyo


January 12, 2010

A camera man of GMA-7 network in Iloilo City was prevented from nearing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the Iloilo airport on January 12 because he was wearing a shirt decrying the Ampatuan Massacre.

Camera man Cirilo Renduque and reporter Fabienne Paderes were not allowed to go near the tarmac as Arroyo arrived around 2:40 p.m.

Renduque was wearing a black shirt with "Stop Killing Journalists" on the front along with the names of among the 31 journalists killed in the massacre.

The PSG member at first told the tv crew that Renduque was wearing a "plain shirt" which was not allowed. But when he learned that they were from GMA-7, he even joked that he would have allowed them if Renduque instead had a "Kapuso" shirt on.

The crew was allowed to take footages of Arroyo during her engagement at the Western Visayas Sanitarium but the same PSG member approached Paredes and asked why Renduque had not changed his shirt.

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