International News Safety Institute

15 July 2025  |  CPJ

Erwin Labitad Segovia

Incident

Radio journalist shot dead in the Philippines

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Philippine authorities to launch a swift and credible investigation into Monday’s killing of Radio WOW FM journalist Erwin Labitad Segovia, who was shot by unidentified assailants while riding his motorcycle home after his morning broadcast.

Segovia was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in Bislig city in the southern province of Surigao del Sur, the Inquirer newspaper reported.

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