Philippines: An Journalist was Shot and Killed by Unidentified Gunman.
Event- Country
- Philippines
- Initial Date
- Aug 21, 2015
- Event Description
Malaca_ang condemned on Friday the killing of a broadcaster-activist in Sorsogon, the second media practitioner slain this week. The Palace vowed justice for 56-year-old Teodoro Escanilla, a radio dzMS blocktimer who was gunned down at his home in Barangay Tagdon in Barcelona town on Wednesday. "Kinokondena ang pagpaslang kay Teodoro Escanilla; tutugisin ang mga pinaghihinalaang salarin at papanagutin," Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a text message. Initial investigation showed that Escanilla was entertaining an unidentified guest inside his family's residential compound when another man arrived and started shooting. Reports said a caliber .45 pistol and an M-16 rifle were used in the killing. Escanilla, who anchored the "Pamana ng Lahi" program every Saturday, was also chairman of the Anakpawis Party-list and spokesman for the human rights group Karapatan in Sorsogon. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Escanilla's killing came a day after the murder of Gregorio Ybanez, publisher of Kabuhayan News Services and president of a media club in Davao del Norte. "The Philippine National Police is tasked with pursuing the suspects and bringing them to the bar of justcie," Coloma said in a separate text message.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Death
- Killing
- Rights Concerned
- Media freedom
- Right to life
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-State
- Unknown
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Unknown
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 12.879720999999991
Longitude: 121.774017
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 19 August 2015, Mr Teodoro Escanilla, a radio dzMS blocktimer was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman at his home in Barangay Tagdon in Barcelona town. Escanilla, who anchored the "Pamana ng Lahi" program every Saturday, was also chairman of the Anakpawis Party-list and spokesman for the human rights group Karapatan in Sorsogon.