Philip Agustin

PHILIPPINES The epidemic of murderous attacks on the Philippine press corps finally forced the government to reverse its longtime denial of the problem and to step up efforts to combat the violence. Some limited progress in law enforcement, a landmark...

Here are the Philippine journalists killed in connection with their work since 2000, as documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists....

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

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...

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....