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PHILIPPINES

MAY 19, 2005 Posted: June 15, 2005 Allan Sison, DZRH-Dagupan THREATENED Sison, operations manager and a program host for the local radio station in Lingayen in the northern Pangasinan province, was leaving a wedding reception at a hotel around 1 p.m. when he heard a shot. When Sison arrived at his truck in the hotel…

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PHILIPPINES

MAY 18, 2005 Posted: June 15, 2005 Pablo Hernandez, Bulgar ATTACKED Hernandez, a self-described “hard-hitting’ crime columnist with the tabloid Bulgar (Expose), survived an apparent assassination attempt when he exchanged gunshots with two motorcycle-riding assailants just before dawn in the Valenzuela suburb of Manila. It was the second attack on Hernandez this year; he survived…

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CPJ Update

CPJ Update May 16, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

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Two journalists murdered; CPJ condemns mounting death toll

New York, NY, May 11, 2005- Last night the editor and publisher of a local community newspaper was shot and killed—the second murder of a journalist in the Philippines in less than one week. Philip Agustin, editor and publisher of the local weekly Starline Times Recorder, was killed by a single shot to the back…

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PHILIPPINES

MAY 10, 2005 Posted: May 12, 2005 Philip Agustin, Starline Times Recorder KILLED, CONFIRMED The editor and publisher of a local community newspaper was shot and killed—the second murder of a journalist in the Philippines in less than one week.

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PHILIPPINES

MAY 4, 2005 Posted: May 5, 2005 Klein Cantoneros, DXAA-FM KILLED—UNCONFIRMED Cantoneros, a radio broadcaster known for denouncing corruption, died after being shot as many as seven times by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Dipolog City on the southern island of Mindanao. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating the circumstances of the case to determine whether…

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Philippine radio journalist slain

New York, May 4, 2005—A radio broadcaster known for denouncing corruption died today after being shot as many as seven times by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Dipolog City on the southern island of Mindanao. Klein Cantoneros succumbed to his injuries at around 11 p.m., according to the ABS-CBN news Web site. The Committee to Protect Journalists…

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Marked for Death

The Five Most Murderous Countries for Journalists

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PHILIPPINES

APRIL 12, 2005 Posted: April 13, 2005 Alberto Martinez, Radyo Natin ATTACKED, UNCONFIRMED Police began searching for two suspects responsible for the attempted murder of radio broadcaster Alberto Martinez, who was shot in the back while on his way home on the southern island of Mindanao.

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Radio broadcaster shot; suspects arrested in columnist’s murder

New York, April 12, 2005 ­ Police are searching for two suspects responsible for the attempted murder of radio broadcaster Alberto Martinez, who was shot in the back while on his way home on the southern island of Mindanao. Police Inspector Alberto Jungaya told local reporters today that unidentified gunmen shot Martinez last Sunday night…

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