THE killing of Albay broadcaster Joey Llana before dawn on Friday adds to the already long list of media workers killed since the restoration of democracy in 1986. It is the 12th media killing under the Duterte administration and the 185th since the first Aquino administration.

Llana’s killing was characteristically brazen and brutal. He was maneuvering his vehicle from the garage of his home at Barangay Peñafrancia in Daraga town at 4:45 a.m. when armed men suddenly opened fire.