Cresenciano Bunduquin, a 50-year-old radio journalist, was shot dead by gunmen riding a motorcycle in Calapan, central Philippines. One of the attackers was killed by the journalist's son, who hit him with his car as he fled the crime scene.
This is the 3rd murder of a journalist in the archipelago, since President Ferdinand Marcos Junior came to power in June 2022. The media are regularly the target of assassinations and intimidation, even though the Marcos administration pushed the country up the press freedom index.