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A policeman checks on the area where a radio anchor was fatally shot. PHOTO: AP
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(UPDATE) A RADIO broadcaster was gunned down as he was livestreaming his program from his residence in Misamis Occidental early Sunday.
Juan Jumalon, a 57-year-old news anchor at the Calamba Gold FM 94.7, was killed by a gunman who entered his house along with a companion on Don Bernardo Neri, Calamba town, at 5:35 a.m., police said.
Jumalon, who was also known as “Johnny Walker,” had set up the radio station in his residence.
The assailant shot Jumalon once, with the bullet hitting the lower lip and exiting in the back of his head.
The broadcaster was rushed to the Calamba District Hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival by the physician on duty.
The Calamba police have requested the Misamis Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit to try to identify the murder weapon through a ballistics test.
“We are now actively conducting a thorough investigation to identify the perpetrators of this crime and bring them to justice. A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) will be created to spearhead and coordinate the investigative efforts to facilitate the speedy resolution of the case,” said BGen. Ricardo Layug, acting regional director of the Police Regional Office.
Malacañang said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has condemned the killing of Jumalon.
“This kind of uncivilized attack on our journalists has no place in a democratic country. Our President has tasked the Philippine National Police to conduct a thorough investigation to capture and hold accountable whoever is behind this gruesome crime,” the Presidential Communication Office said in a statement in Filipino.
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Paul Gutierrez called for a special investigation group to look into the killing “even as we extend our sympathy to the victim’s family and friends over this dastardly attack.”
“While the motive is yet to be determined, we consider this incident work-related for the moment,” Gutierrez said.
“We also call on our colleagues in the media and the public not to resort to any speculation or make baseless accusations that can only distract our investigators on the true motive for the attack on Jumalon. Instead, we call on them to provide relevant and factual information that can hasten the resolution of this incident,” he said.
The original live video of Jumalon’s broadcast has been deleted from Facebook, but those watching the livestream managed to screen-record the shooting, showing the suspect grabbing Jumalon’s gold necklace before hurriedly leaving the crime scene.
Oliver Quico, officer in charge of the Calamba police, said two men had shown up at the gate of Jumalon’s house, telling a staffer they wanted to make a public announcement.
Once inside the gate, one of them aimed a gun at the staffer while his companion proceeded to the station and shot Jumalon at close range.
The video showed that the suspect fired two shots at the broadcaster.
Quico said police checkpoints had been set up around the town while a team was formed to track the suspects.
Jumalon was the second radio commentator in Mindanao to have been killed in the middle of a broadcast.
In 1985, Charlie Aberilla, 64, was shot dead inside his radio booth in Iligan City.
Aberilla’s listeners were able to hear the gunshots and the commentator’s dying gasps.
Aberilla’s case remains unsolved to this day.
Jumalon is also the fourth journalist killed since President Marcos took office in June of 2022.
The others were radio commentator Percival Mabasa, who was gunned down in October last year in Manila; radio broadcaster Rey Blanco who was stabbed dead in Negros Oriental in September; and radio announcer Cris Bundoquin who was killed in May in Oriental Mindoro.
The Philippines remains one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, particularly for radio broadcasters, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
The Philippines ranked eighth in the CPJ 2023 Global Impunity Index for countries where the killings of journalists go unpunished.
Calamba police were not aware of any previous threats against Jumalon’s life.
The broadcasts are also aired on the station’s Facebook page, which has 2,400 followers.
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