Juan Jumalon was the 199th journalist to be killed in the country since 1986, when an uprising toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the current president's father.
A policeman checks on the area where a radio anchor was fatally shot by a man inside his home-based station on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in this handout photo provided by the Calamba Municipal Police Station. The brazen attack was witnessed by people watching the program live on Facebook.A policeman checks on the area where a radio anchor was fatally shot by a man inside his home-based station on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in this handout photo provided by the Calamba Municipal Police Station.
The Philippines has long been regarded as one of the most dangerous places for journalists in the world. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, a press freedom watchdog, said Jumalon was the 199th journalist to be killed in the country since 1986, when democracy returned after a"People Power" uprising toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the father of the current president, and forced him and his family into U.S. exile.
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