DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental: The wife of slain broadcast journalist Edmund Sestoso has been assured of security as Malacañang officials vowed to speed up the resolution of the radioman’s brutal murder on April 30 in Barangay Daro in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, was with Go and Andanar in paying their last respects. It was the first time that senior Cabinet officials visited the wake of a slain media man. Roel Degamo and Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo will give P100,000 each. After meeting with the family, the Palace officials held a closed-door conference with the PNP, the NBI and the Philippine Army.

Source: Manila Times May 04, 2018 16:18 UTC