A veteran radio broadcaster known for his straight-talking commentary programs was shot dead by two assailants early Wednesday, becoming the third journalist to be killed under the Marcos administration and the 198th since 1986.
In his radio programs, the broadcaster often discussed hot-button topics such as government officials’ response to the MT Princess Empress oil spill, the performance of the local electric cooperative, illegal gambling, and politics, among others.
Citing eyewitness accounts, police said the suspects pulled up to the victim’s store and one of them approached Bunduquin before shooting him at close range. A hot pursuit operation is still ongoing, Police Col. Samuel Delorino, the provincial director, said.In a report on Wednesday, the Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan police said they were conducting an in-depth investigation to determine if the attack was related to Bunduquin’s media work.
“If related to his work, the Bunduquin killing shows that while relations between media and the administration seem to be friendlier, journalists are operating under the same risks as before,” said National Union of Journalists of the Philippines chair Jonathan de Santos. “The killing of Bunduquin won’t suppress the independence and freedom of the press long practiced, nurtured and cherished by community journalists on the island of Mindoro,” OMCC said.
Last year, President Marcos promised that his administration would protect press freedom—words that seemed intended to allay fears that his term would replicate his late namesake father’s harsh legacy of media shutdowns and the torture and killings of critical journalists during the dictatorship.
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