In brief
This section documents attacks on Cebu journalists and other media workers: killings, physical assaults, threats and harassment. It includes the CJJ-CCPC list of attacks (latest update, 2024), how CJJ and the Cebu Citizens-Press Council decide whether an attack is work-related, and what journalists and their families should know.
Attacks on Cebu media workers: The list (2024 Update)
What journalists and their kin need to know about SITG
Pachico A. Seares
Karlon N. Rama
Killing journalists: when law and order and justice system fail
Pachico A. Seares
Messenger is silenced: The murder of Jessie Tabanao
Joeberth M. Ocao
Categories
Frequently asked questions
Yes. CJJ and the Cebu Citizens-Press Council keep a list of Cebu journalists and media workers who were victims of physical violence, threats and other attacks. The latest update is from 2024.
Motive is the key question: whether the violence or intimidation was linked to the victim’s work as a journalist.
Antonio Abad Tormis, editor of The Republic News, killed in 1961. He is honored as Cebu’s first press freedom martyr.