The archipelago nation is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists.
Juan Jumalon is the fourth journalist to be slain in the Philippines since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr took office in June 2022.
Juan Jumalon, 57, was in his home-based radio station on the southern island of Mindanao when a gunman shot him in the head, said Captain Deore Ragonio, police chief in Calamba municipality in Misamis Occidental province. The archipelago nation is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, and their killers often go unpunished.The head of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security condemned the “dastardly attack” and called for the formation of a police task force to probe the killing.
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