MANAY, Davao Oriental — A radio broadcaster was shot dead by unidentified assailants here on Monday evening.

The victim was identified as 52-year old Desidario "Jesse" Camangyan, a broadcaster working for Sunrise FM based in Mati City.

Mati City Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat said Camangyan was shot dead in Barangay Macopa aound eleven in the evening. She said the victim was invited to be the emcee of the fiesta celebration in Manay that evening when he was killed.

Camangyan is considered as a hard-hitting commentator whose favorite topic is the illegal logging activity in the province's 1st District.

Supt. Querubin Manalang, information officer of the Southern Mindanao police regional office, said they have already created Task Force Camangyan to investigate the incident. The said task force is headed by Sr. Supt. Jorge Corpuz.

On September 10, 2009, the late provincial environment officer Eulogio Baltazar was also shot and killed by armed men while taking his lunch inside a restaurant in Mati City. Authorities suspect that Baltazar's campaign against illegal logging and illegal mining in the province was the motive behind his death.

Camangyan has now become one of the more than 100 journalists killed in the Philippines since 2001.