In a June 20 statement, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said, “The murder of Nestor Bedolido of the weekly Kastigador in Digos City, Davao del Sur, on Saturday night brings to 140 the number of journalists and media workers killed since 1986, 103 of them under the Arroyo administration alone.”
Ang dapat ay ordinaryong araw ng pag-uulat – hinggil sa pagsumite sa tanggapan ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) sa Shariff Aguak ng certificate of candidacy ng isang lokal na pulitiko – ay naging malagim na kamatayan ng 57 katao, kabilang ang 28 peryodista’t manggagawa sa midya.