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Alexander "Alex" Orcullo (October 19, 1946 – October 19, 1984) was a Filipino journalist, community leader , and activist known for speaking against the abuses of the dictatorsh...

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Alexander "Alex" Orcullo (October 19, 1946 – October 19, 1984) was a Filipino journalist, community leader, and activist known for speaking against the abuses of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, and for being a seminal figure of the protest movement against the Marcos dictatorship in Mindanao, Philippines.[1][2]

Journalism in Davao

Orcullo was a writer for the San Pedro Express, the editor of Mindanao Currents, and was instrumental in the founding of Mindaweek. His writing and community organizing earned him the ire of the Marcos administration.[1] Before his death, Orcullo was considered to be a strong contender for the mayorship in Davao City.[3]

Murder

On the night of his 38th birthday, October 19, 1984, Orcullo was driving home with his wife Nenen and their two-year-old son was accosted by a government-sponsored paramilitary group called the Philippine Liberation Organization, at a checkpoint in Barangay Tigatto in the Buhangin district of Davao City. After telling Orcullo to alight from his car and then subjecting him to a body search, the men shot Orcullo thirteen times in the back, in front of his wife and child.[1][3]

The public outrage resulting from his death became an important rallying point of the fight against the Marcos dictatorship in Mindanao, resonating with the assassination of Ninoy Aquino in Luzon the year before.[4]

Legacy

Orcullo is honored as one of the martyrs of martial law whose names are inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani (lit. Memorial of the Heroes) in Quezon City.[1][5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1234"ORCULLO, Alexander L. – Bantayog ng mga Bayani". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. March 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 1, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Severino, Howie (25 de febrero de 2017). Testigo: ¿Sino si Alex Orcullo? ¿Ano ang Kontribusyon niya sa People Power sa Davao? (Documental de televisión) (en filipino). Noticias y asuntos públicos de GMA .
  3. 1 2 COA (14 de julio de 1985). "Las especies en peligro de extinción". Veritas . Vol. II, núm. 35. pág. 18. El año pasado, Alexander Orcullo, considerado el contendiente más fuerte para la alcaldía de la ciudad de Davao, fue asesinado por un grupo de hombres armados liderados por un tal Kapitan Inggo[...] frente a su esposa y su hijo menor.   
  4. ^ Miclat, Gus (2002). "Nuestras vidas nunca volvieron a ser las mismas". En Arguillas, Carolyn O. (ed.). Convertir la rabia en coraje : Mindanao bajo la ley marcial . Publicaciones MindaNews, Centro Cooperativo de Información y Noticias de Mindanao. OCLC 644320116 .  
  5. ↑ Espiritu, Talitha (15 de abril de 2017). Revoluciones apasionadas: Los medios de comunicación y el ascenso y la caída del régimen de Marcos . Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780896804982.
  6. ↑ Chapman, William (1988). Inside the Philippine Revolution . IBTauris. ISBN 9781850431145.
  7. ↑ Corrales, Cong (19 de septiembre de 2015). "RECORDANDO LA LEY MARCIAL Tortura y ley marcial: 'Ka Jerry'"" . MindaNews . Consultado el 31 de octubre de 2018 .