Broadcast journalist shot dead in the Philippines

Gunmen in the southern Philippines have shot dead ajournalist working with a local radio station, police said Saturday, according to dpa. Joas Dignos, 48, was killed Friday by gunmen on a motorcycle inValencia town in the Bukidnon province, about 869 kilometres south ofManila. Dignos had received death threats related to his reporting oncorruption in the province, a colleague said. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said that ifpolice proved that Dignos's murder was related to his work, it wouldbe the 19th killing of a journalist under the government of PresidentBenigno Aquino III, who took office in June 2010.