Reward money for capture of publisher‘s killer
BY EDWIN ESPEJO, www.rappler.com
January 12, 2012

 GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Colleagues of slain publisher Christopher Guarin said they were able to raise P50,000 as reward money for the surrender of the gunman who then should identify the mastermind behind the murder.

James Catalan, station manager of RPN here and president of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP) chapter in the city, said a close friend of the local media here pledged the reward on condition of anonymity.

The media here gave assurance of protection for the gunman and help him get into the witness protection program.

City Mayor Darlene Antonino Custodio earlier said she will put up reward money for the capture of the publisher’s killers but is yet to disclose the exact amount more than one week after Guarin was killed.

She said she is still waiting for the recommendation of the city police office.

Journalists here are worried that the snail pace of investigation could give the perpetrators and mastermind time to cover their tracks.

“Let (also) us be reminded that there is a mastermind behind Guarin’s killing,” the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines chapter here said.

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