journalist killings Archives | CMFR
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Misamis Occidental broadcaster gunned down while on air
Armed men gunned down a radio anchor on Sunday, November 5, while broadcasting live at his home studio in Calamba town, Misamis Occidental, in the southern Philippines. Read more
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FMFA statement calling for urgent attention to Percy Lapid’s murder case
AS WE mark the first year of his murder, the Freedom for Media Freedom for All (FMFA) coalition calls for swift justice for radio broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa. Read more
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Radio broadcaster shot dead in Oriental Mindoro third journalist killed under Marcos Jr.’s watch
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two men aboard a motorcycle shot and killed a radio commentator on May 31, 2023, in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, 237 kilometers south of Manila. Read more
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The Percy Lapid Case: ‘On the Job’s’ Macabre Premise Realized
THE INVOLVEMENT of several inmates and some still unnamed prison officials in the killing of journalist Percy Lapid recalls what was presented as fiction in the film franchise “On... Read more
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Reporter gunned down in his home in Davao del Sur
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Still unidentified suspects shot and killed a reporter on 30 October 2021 in Davao del Sur. Davao del Sur is 1,522 kilometers south of Manila. Read more
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Cebu blocktimer shot dead outside radio station
PINES – An unknown gunman aboard a motorcycle shot and killed a radio blocktimer on 22 July 2021 in Cebu city. Cebu city is 1,000km south of Manila. Read more
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Online news commentator shot dead in Sorsogon
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two men on a motorcycle shot dead an online news commentator in Sorsogon City on 14 September 2020. Sorsogon is 529 kilometers south of Manila. Jobert “Polpog”... Read more
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Radio Blocktimer Shot in Negros Oriental
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Unidentified men on a motorcycle shot and killed a radio blocktimer, who was running for councilor in 2019, in La Libertad, Negros Oriental on 28 December 2018.... Read more
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Army Corporal Convicted of Frustrated Homicide of Blocktimer; Another Accused Acquitted
CMFR/Philippines – A court in Kabacan, North Cotabato found guilty an army corporal for the frustrated homicide of blocktime broadcaster Alberto Martinez in April 2005. However it acquitted the... Read more
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Volunteer Reporter Slain in Zamboanga del Sur Shooting
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A local radio broadcaster and volunteer reporter was killed in a shooting incident in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on 12 May 2018. Zamboanga del Sur is... Read more


