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By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 6/15/2010

Philippine radio broadcaster shot dead: police

An outspoken radio broadcaster has been shot dead by an unknown gunman in the southern Philippines, police said Tuesday in the latest in a rash of attacks on journalists.

Desidario Camangyan, 52, of Sunrise FM in Mati city was shot dead by the lone gunman shortly after the victim hosted a singing contest at a nearby town late Monday, said local police spokesman Superintendent Querubin Manalang.

"We don't have suspects yet. That is why we have created a task force to find out the full circumstances behind his murder," Manalang added.

Mati residents said Camangyan was unafraid in his broadcasts to attack the area's criminality including illegal drugs and gambling.

The Philippines is regarded as one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists, partly due to a culture of impunity benefiting the attackers.

Thirty journalists were among 57 people murdered elsewhere in the southern Philippines in November last year in a massacre blamed on a political feud.

At least 134 journalists have been murdered since the fall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, with nearly 100 of the deaths occurring since President Gloria Arroyo came to power in 2001, press groups say.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said 32 journalists were killed in the Philippines in 2009, making it the world's deadliest country for the media last year.