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May 06, 2025
For a while, media observers entertained the tiniest sliver of hope that this could be the year the Philippines finally shed its notoriety as a murder capital of journalists. In hindsight, the dream wasn’t so far-fetched: 2024 was the first time in two decades that not a single Filipino media practitioner was killed in the line of duty, according to a report of the Committee to Protect Journalists released in February. In October, the Philippines