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Mar 17, 2024 · Published March 17, 2024 8:35am. The sister of a balikbayan mother and daughter has admitted in killing them in Tayabas, Quezon, as three more suspects remain at large. advertisement. In a report on Super Radyo dzBB on Sunday, Tayabas police said they have in their custody the sister of the eldest victim, an OFW working in Japan.
Dec 21, 2020 · AFP. The UN and human rights groups have accused Filipino police of killing with impunity. A police officer in the Philippines has been arrested and charged with the double murder of a mother...
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- Other deadly attacks on journalists in the Philippines
A radio anchor was fatally shot by a man inside his southern Philippine station Sunday in a brazen attack that was witnessed by people watching the program live on Facebook.
Police said the gunman gained entry into the home-based radio station of provincial news broadcaster Juan Jumalon -- who went by the name "DJ Johnny Walker" -- by pretending to be a listener. He then shot him twice during a live morning broadcast in Calamba town in Misamis Occidental province, police said.
The attacker snatched the victim's gold necklace before fleeing with a companion, who waited outside Jumalon's house, onboard a motorcycle, police said. An investigation was underway to identify the gunman and establish if the attack was work-related.
The Philippines has long been regarded as one of the most dangerous places for journalists in the world.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. strongly condemned the shooting and said he ordered the national police to track down, arrest and prosecute the killers.
"Attacks on journalists will not be tolerated in our democracy and those who threaten the freedom of the press will face the full consequences of their actions," Marcos said in a statement.
In 2009, members of a powerful political clan and their associates gunned down 58 people, including 32 media workers, in a brazen execution-style attack in southern Maguindanao province. It was the deadliest single attack on journalists in recent history.
While the mass killing was later linked to a violent electoral rivalry common in many rural areas, it also showcased the threats faced by journalists in the Philippines. A surfeit of unlicensed guns and private armies controlled by powerful clans and weak law enforcement in rural regions are among the security concerns journalists face in the poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country.
Radio journalists have been targeted in recent months in the Philippines. In May, two assailants on a motorcycle shot and killed radio host Cris Bundoquin on a road in the city of Calapan, according to multiple news reports.
Last October, motorcycle-riding gunmen killed longtime radio commentator Percival Mabasa in metropolitan Manila. Police said Mabasa, 63, was driving his vehicle Monday night when two men on a motorcycle approached and shot him twice in the head in suburban Las Pinas City.
Lalaki, patay nang pagbabarilin ng riding-in-tandem; 2 iba pa, sugatan . Suspect behind killing of LTO official in QC nabbed. Biktimang nakainom at nakatulog, dinukutan; suspek, arestado .
Oct 4, 2022 · By Jason Gutierrez and Mike Ives. Oct. 4, 2022. MANILA — A news radio host who had been a prominent critic of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines was fatally shot in his car...
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Dec 10, 2021 · Jesus Malabanan was watching TV in his home in Calbayog when gunmen barged in and shot him in the head, according to reports. Malabanan, 58, was a longtime journalist who reported for Bandera, The ...
