Martin Roxas, 32, was shot by unidentified gunmen in the province of Capiz in the Western Visayas region on Thursday afternoon. Roxas was a host of Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) station dyVR's 'Targetanay sa Udto' noontime program. He died at the Capiz Emmanuel Hospital at around 2 p.m. from a gushot in spine.
Roxas was the first journalist killed in Capiz, fourth one this year and the 59th since 2001. Reports showed that Roxas had just left the radion station with his motorcycle around 1 p.m. when he was chased by the gunmen and was shot nearly a kilometer from Roxas City proper.
This is also the second killing of journalists in three days. The murder of Roxas was just three days after Dennis Cuesta, RMN broadcaster, was shot and severely wounded by unidentified men in General Santos City on August 4. He was hit in the head and remains in critical condition. These two incidents proves that journalists' lives remain in threat and the people responsible for these are still free.
These two cases of Roxas and Cuesta only prove that journalists' lives are still in threat and the people responsible for these are still running free. How sad that in our society today, freedom of expression costs your life.
Roxas was the first journalist killed in Capiz, fourth one this year and the 59th since 2001. Reports showed that Roxas had just left the radion station with his motorcycle around 1 p.m. when he was chased by the gunmen and was shot nearly a kilometer from Roxas City proper.
This is also the second killing of journalists in three days. The murder of Roxas was just three days after Dennis Cuesta, RMN broadcaster, was shot and severely wounded by unidentified men in General Santos City on August 4. He was hit in the head and remains in critical condition. These two incidents proves that journalists' lives remain in threat and the people responsible for these are still free.
These two cases of Roxas and Cuesta only prove that journalists' lives are still in threat and the people responsible for these are still running free. How sad that in our society today, freedom of expression costs your life.
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