Screen grab of the CNN report.
In an e-mail sent to CNN, the Mindanao Examiner which runs a regional newspaper and operates a local cable television channel, said a report on a recent bomb explosion October 26 in Zamboanga City filed by Arlene Samson-Espiritu was lifted from its website – mindanaoexaminer.com – and passed the news to CNN as her own.
“I came across the CNN news from my Google alerts of the words "Southern Philippines" and "Mindanao" and was shocked to see the article submitted by your Filipino correspondent. Even the quotes of security officials made to the Mindanao Examiner were altered to make it appear that it was a CNN interview. And so was our little error ("") and every single comma (,) and periods (.).”
“I did not expect this to happen, especially from people working for a prestigious international television news network,” said Al Jacinto, the Mindanao Examiner Chief Editor.
There were no immediate statements from either CNN or Espiritu. But a copy of the complaint was also posted on CNN Facebook fan page.
The Mindanao Examiner also furnished CNN a copy of its own reports and the news filed by Espiritu.
1 dead, 5 hurt in Philippine blast
By Arlene Samson-Espiritu, For CNN
October 26, 2011 -- Updated 1810 GMT (0210 HKT)
Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/26/world/asia/philippines-blasts/?is_LR=1
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Police say the fatality was a civilian who tinkered with one of the three bombs
Two other devices were detonated by police
Zamboanga City, Philippines (CNN) -- One person was killed and at least five others wounded in a bomb blast late Wednesday while two more improvised explosives were detonated in a village near the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, officials said.
Senior Superintendent Edwin de Ocampo, chief of the local police force, said two bombs planted at a lottery outlet and at another site about 100 meters away were discovered.
Police were in the process of detonating two of the bombs when the third device went off hitting a roadside eatery in the village of Sangali at around 9:15 p.m., about 30 kilometers east of downtown Zamboanga.
De Ocampo said the three improvised explosives were planted almost 100 meters apart from each other. He said the fatality, a civilian, was killed when he tinkered with the third improvised bomb as policemen were detonating the two other explosives.
"The civilian was killed on the spot by the powerful blast," he said.
Police had initially said two people had died in the blast but later revised the total to one dead.
One police bomb expert said the bombs were assembled from ammonium nitrate-fuel oil and packed with concrete, nails and detonator. The deadly chemical mixture is used primarily in mining and quarrying operations.
The military said it deployed troops to secure civilians in the area. It said no group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack. ""We still don't know the motive or who was behind it," Army Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, a spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command, told CNN.
On Oct. 9, 10 people were injured when two separate explosions took place as the city was preparing for the feast of Our Lady of Pilar.
Mindanao Examiner Story. (UPDATED)
Link: http://mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20111027222348
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 26, 2011) – One person was killed in a bomb blast late Wednesday and two more improvised explosives were detonated by the police on a village in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, officials said.
Officials said eight more civilians were wounded in the explosion at a roadside eatery in the village of Sangali, about 30 kilometers east of downtown Zamboanga.
Two more bombs planted at a lottery outlet and at another site about 100 meters away were detonated, said Senior Superintendent Edwin de Ocampo, chief of the local police force.
De Ocampo said three improvised explosives were planted almost 100 meters apart from each other. He said a civilian was killed after he tinkered with one improvised bomb as policemen were detonating two other explosives.
“The civilian was killed on the spot by the powerful blast,” he said.
One police bomb expert said the bombs were assembled from ammonium nitrate-fuel oil and packed with concrete nails and detonator. The deadly chemical mixture is used primarily in mining and quarrying operations.
The military said it deployed troops to secure civilians in the area. It said no group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack. “We still don’t know the motive or who was behind it,” Army Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, a spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command, told the Mindanao Examiner.
The blast occurred a day after patrolling troops clashed with suspected Abu Sayyaf militants at sea late Tuesday off the village of Taluksangay in Zamboanga City.
One soldier was killed and three others wounded after four heavily-armed men on motorboat attacked them.
Officials said the attack on the soldiers was in retaliation to the killing of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Imran Asgari in a firefight with the military last month in Sacol Island.
Asgari was also linked by the military to the spate of kidnappings in Zamboanga Peninsula. (Mindanao Examiner)
Original Story. (Breaking Report)
Link: http://mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20111026104308
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 26, 2011) – One person was killed and at least 5 others wounded in a bomb blast late Wednesday and two more improvised explosives were detonated by the police on a village in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, officials said.
Officials said five more civilians were wounded in the explosion at a roadside eatery in the village of Sangali, about 30 kilometers east of downtown Zamboanga.
Two more bombs planted at a lottery outlet and at another site about 100 meters away were detonated, said Senior Superintendent Edwin de Ocampo, chief of the local police force.
De Ocampo said three improvised explosives were planted almost 100 meters apart from each other. He said a civilian was killed after he tinkered with one improvised bomb as policemen were detonating two other explosives.
“The civilian was killed on the spot by the powerful blast,” he said.
One police bomb expert said the bombs were assembled from ammonium nitrate-fuel oil and packed with concrete nails and detonator. The deadly chemical mixture is used primarily in mining and quarrying operations.
The military said it deployed troops to secure civilians in the area. It said no group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack. “”We still don’t know the motive or who was behind it,” said Army Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, a spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command.
The blast occurred a day after patrolling troops clashed with suspected Abu Sayyaf militants at sea late Tuesday off the village of Taluksangay in Zamboanga City.
One soldier was killed and three others wounded after four heavily-armed men on motorboat attacked them.
Officials said the attack on the soldiers was in retaliation to the killing of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Imran Asgari in a firefight with the military last month in Sacol Island.
Asgari was also linked by the military to the spate of kidnappings in Zamboanga Peninsula. (Mindanao Examiner)
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