Dumaguete City radio reporter shot dead

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Radio broadcaster Rex Cornelio was shot dead in Dumaguete City on Tuesday, May 5. He is the third radio journalist to be killed in Dumaguete City since 2018.

JOURNALIST KILLED. Radio broadcaster Rex Cornelio is killed in Dumaguete City. Photo from Cornelio's Facebook page

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 48-year-old radio reporter was shot dead in Dumaguete City on Tuesday, May 5. According to a report from the Dumaguete City Police Department, Rex Cornelio Pepino or"Rex Cornelio" on Energy 93.7 FM, was shot before 9 pm at Villa Amada, North Road, in Barangay Daro, Dumaguete City.

He was onboard his motorcycle with his wife when he was shot by unidentified suspects who were also riding another motorcycle. He was rushed to the Silliman University Medical Center and was pronounced dead on arrival by attending physicians.Cornelio, whose killing comes only two days after World Press Freedom Day, is the third radio journalist to be murdered in Dumaguete City since 2018.

 

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oh my god

The abuses committed by no less than the Philippine Government to the Filipinos for the rampant killings of innocent civilians and the curtailment of press freedom, as an ordinary citizen I feel it is very unsafe to live in the Philippines. To the UN Please help the Filipinos.

Si Duterte nanaman yan, yan ang sasabihin ngvnga yellowshits na mga bobo.

Alangan naman isisi nyo kay duterye yan mga hindot!

dhotssilva Another addition to your chronology of killings DanSantos8 .

Third?! Something's going on. This can't just be a coincidence. Somebody pls investigate this thoroughly.

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TF is happening in Dumaguete

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