Alex Orcullo

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] He 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, as a result of which he was shot thirteen times from behind at a paramilitary group's checkpoint on the night of his 38th birthday, October 19,1984.[1]

Alex Orcullo
Born(1946-10-19)October 19, 1946
DiedOctober 19, 1984(1984-10-19) (aged 38)
Cause of deathShot 13 times from behind by Marcos Martial Law paramilitary personnel
OccupationJournalist
AwardsHonored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani wall of remembrance

He 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][3][4][5]

References
  1. "ORCULLO, Alexander L. – Bantayog ng mga Bayani". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  2. Severino, Howie (2017-02-25). iWitness: Sino si Alex Orcullo? At Ano ang Kontribusyon niya sa People Power sa Davao? (TV Documentary) (in Filipino). GMA News and Public Affairs.
  3. Espiritu, Talitha (2017-04-15). Passionate Revolutions: The Media and the Rise and Fall of the Marcos Regime. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780896804982.
  4. Chapman, William (1988). Inside the Philippine Revolution. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781850431145.
  5. Corrales, Cong (2015-09-19). "REMEMBERING MARTIAL LAW Torture and Martial Law: 'Ka Jerry'". MindaNews. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
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