The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines ( NUJP ) pointed out that Christopher Guarin was the 150th journalist killed since 1986 and the 10th of those killed in General Santos City . The Newseum counted 2,246 journalists who had died worldwide since 1837 the year Guarin was killed . While the Philippines has been identified as the deadliest country for journalists and media workers , the heaviest burden has fallen on those from General Santos . Out of 150 journalists killed in the Philippines since the 1986 revolution , 24 of those were General Santos ' journalists . This includes 14 journalists from the General Santos area who were killed at the Maguindanao massacre , Mindanao on 23 November 2009 . General Santos is located in the south of the Mindanao island . The Amapatuan massacre is known worldwide as the deadliest event ever and 32 journalists were killed there . Prior to that , Jonathan Abayon from RGMA Super Radyo and Ely Binoya from Radyo Natin Network were both killed in General Santos in 2004 . Dennis Cuesta , who like Gaurin was with Radio Mindanao Network 's DxMD , was killed in 2008 . Two months before Guarin 's murder , Alfredo Velarde Jr , circulation manager for the tabloid '' Brigada News '' , was killed in a parked car outside of his office on 11 November 2011 , and Guarin was a subject in that investigation but cleared of any wrongdoing by police . The number of journalists killed in the Philippines had risen sharply as four were killed in 2010 and eight in 2011
Maguindanao massacre
Maguindanao massacre
Christopher Guarin