ABS execs to be charged for ULTRA stampede (GMA News)

Nakatakdang magsampa ng mga kaso ang state prosecutors laban sa ilang opisyales at empleyado ng ABS-CBN Brodcasting Corp. kaugnay ng ULTRA stampede na naganap sa first anniversary ng noontime show na Wowowee noong February 4, 2006, kung saan 74 na katao ang namatay at marami pang iba ang nasaktan.

Ang mga kasong isasampa ng Department of Justice (DOJ) laban sa ilang executives ng ABS-CBN ay reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide at multiple physical injuries.

Ang desisyon na ito ay naganap matapos ibasura ng DOJ ang motion for reconsideration ng ABS-CBN upang pigilan ang paghahain ng criminal charges.

Kabilang sa sasampahan ng kaso sina ABS-CBN Executive Vice President Charo Santos-Concio at Senior Vice President Cory Vidanes, ang Head of Security na si Cipriano Luspo.

Kasama rin ang staff ng Wowowee na sina Morly Stewart Nuevo, executive producer; Harold James Nuevo, assistant producer; Norbert Vidanes, director; Francisco Rivera, location manager; Mel Feliciano, assistant director; Jean Owen Garcia, floor director; Rey Cayabyab, at assistant location manager; at ang Ultralink Goldlink Security Services, Inc.

Justice for the Wowowee Stampede Victims!

?Wowowee? victims decry lack of aid 2 years after stampede (Inquirer)

Amorin said ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., the network that produces the Wowowee game show, had not given her and other injured victims any financial help to treat their injuries and the ailments — both physical and psychological — that soon followed.

?I don?t go into crowded places anymore. I also don?t take the MRT during rush hour. I?m afraid something bad will happen,? Amorin, a self-employed mother of four, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, adding that she still gets flashbacks of the tragedy.

On the morning of Feb. 4, 2006, a Saturday, 74 people were crushed to death as thousands rushed the Philsports Arena gates in Pasig City as soon as these were opened by security guards.

According to the National Bureau of Investigation, over 800 people were injured in the mad rush to get in for a chance at millions of pesos in prizes.

Of that number, 285 had sought financial assistance from the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC).

Amorin said she had not had a comprehensive X-ray since the stampede. The only medication she received was a pack of mefenamic acid to dull the pain, she said.

Montserrat Bernardo, 55, said she has had a bad back since a steel barricade fell on her. She considered Amorin lucky because she was given painkillers while she received nothing.

?It has been two years. We have not received anything from Wowowee. Not even a bag of rice as a consolation,? Bernardo said.

The network may have helped some families whose members died in the stampede, but it wasn?t the promise tearful network executives made on the arena stage two years ago, the victims said.

?They said they will help all of us,? Amorin said. ?We are not asking for much. I myself only want financial assistance for my X-ray,? she said.

Mga walang puso and a bunch of liars.

Justice for the Wowowee Stampede Victims!

SC junks ABS-CBN petition vs DoJ over ?Wowowee? stampede (GMA News)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the authority of the Department of Justice (DoJ) to conduct investigation into the alleged links of some executives of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation to the 2006 tragic ?Wowowee” stampede at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

In a 22-page decision penned by Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, the high court?s Second Division directed the DoJ and its prosecutors to determine if there was probable cause to charge ABS-CBN executives of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and physical injuries.

Justice for the Wowowee Stampede Victims!

They can’t delay this forever. Their day will come. We will wait. We will never forget.