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Both CMFR and the Philippine National Police reported in 2005 that of the journalists slain in the line or duty, seven were killed in crossfire: five during encounter with or being killed by the New People's Army (including two in an ambush in 1986), and two during a coup attempt in 1989 perpetrated by RAM–SFP–YOU.
Most of these assassinations are attributed to state forces, rebel groups such as the New People's Army or the Abu Sayyaf Group or contract killers working on behalf of politicians (particularly in the context of electoral rivalries), [1] businesspeople and organized crime. For a list of journalists assassinated in the Philippines, see List of ...
The first recorded hazing-related death in the Philippines. Died from a burst appendix during an operation. President Ramon Magsaysay created the Castro Committee to investigate the death. The committee found hazing not to be the cause of Albert's death but added that the mauling he received prior to the operation weakened him physically. [2] [3]
22 January 1971 – 13 people were killed in a fire that gutted the terminal of the Manila International Airport. [97] 22 January 1975 – 51 people were killed after a fire swept through a factory in a commercial building in Marikina, Rizal. [98] [99] 14 November 1977 –45 people were killed in a fire that broke out at the Filipinas Hotel in ...
The city saw its highest number of people killed in criminal homicides in 2021.
Among the victims was Ben Bacolod, brother-in-law of Ruben Ecleo Jr. and believed to be the sole witness in the murder of his sister and Ecleo's wife, Alona Bacolod. He also testified on the 2000 Dinagat massacre. Ecleo surrendered to the police on 19 June. He had faced charges for two separate massacres and for the death of his wife. [162]
Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman were three teenagers who were killed on August 16 to 18, 2017, during the course of the Philippine drug war.. On the evening of August 16, 2017, a 17-year-old Filipino student named Kian Loyd delos Santos was fatally shot by police officers conducting an anti-drug operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila.
On July 24, 2022, a mass shooting took place at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, leaving three people dead and three others injured, including the assailant. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The attacker, identified as Chao-Tiao Yumol, successfully targeted former Mayor Rose Furigay of Lamitan , Basilan , who ...