Romeo Olea Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A poster of names lists journalists slain in the Philippines since 1986. (Reuters/Romeo Ranoco)

On Philippines’ canvas of injustice, anything goes

April 17, 2012 12:00 AM EDT

Romeo Olea’s unsolved murder is tragically typical of media killings in the Philippines. Before his death, the radio commentator had received anonymous threats over his reports on local government corruption.

Attacks on the Press in 2011: Journalists Killed

February 21, 2012 4:37 PM EST

Murders decline, but fatalities rise during coverage of protests. Photographers and freelancers pay an especially high price. Pakistan is the world’s most dangerous nation.

Philippine radio commentator fatally shot

August 24, 2011 2:44 PM EDT

New York, August 24, 2011–Police in Negros Occidental province must thoroughly investigate Monday’s murder of radio commentator Niel Jimena, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ is investigating the killing to determine whether it was work-related.

Second Philippine journalist killed from same radio station

June 13, 2011 6:13 PM EDT

New York, June 13, 2011 — Romeo Olea, a provincial radio commentator in the Philippines, was shot dead on his way to work Monday morning. Local and international media reports, quoting police sources, say Olea was shot twice in the back while riding his motorcycle to work in Iriga City in Camarines Sur province, about…