against the alleged 2 masterminds before the Tacurong City RTC. Also, on October 20, 2008, the Department of Justice (Philippines) refiled the murder charges, in Tacurong City against Osmeña Montañer and Estrella Sabay, DA-12 finance officer and accountant, respectively, as masterminds. Meanwhile, the New York Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the issuance of arrest warrants by Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat Regional Trial Court Judge Melanio S. Guerrero of Branch 20 against the 2 accused, amid the case hearing on October 27, 2008. Tacurong RTC Judge Melanio Guerrero ordered the 2 accused to file a response within 10 days. The 2 DA officials, however, filed a motion to dismiss or to quash the case. See also Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines List of journalists killed under the Arroyo administration References External links Entry on Marlene Garcia-Esperat (Reporters sans Frontières) Obituary for Marlene Garcia-Esperat at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Primer on the Marlene Esperat Case Trial at the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Documentary on the life and death of Marlene Esperat on CBC Radio's The Current (in RealAudio format) Press Freedom Groups Condemn Esperat's Murder (International Freedom of Expression Exchange) 1959 births 2005 deaths People from Sultan Kudarat Assassinated Filipino journalists Deaths by firearm in the Philippines Filipino whistleblowers 20th-century journalists