Friday, August 2, 2013

Philippine journalist gunned down

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Being a journalist is really not good for your health, especially if you are living in the Philippines. While we are so proud of how we are the most democratic country in Asia, our journalists are getting killed one by one.

This is another sad news for journalists around the world...

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Philippine journalist gunned down


Three journalists have been gunned down in the Philippines in its worst spate of media killings in nearly four years.
Police and rights watchdogs say the latest victim, freelance news photographer Mario Sy, was killed in front of his wife and child by two suspects who broke into his home in the southern city of General Santos.
The attack followed the shooting deaths in Manila on Tuesday of two columnists of a tabloid that had recently ceased publication, said Rupert Mangilit, secretary-general of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
"We're quite alarmed that despite claims that the environment for journalists is safer now, we have three killings happening in a week," he told AFP.

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