MANILA, Philippines — Several groups of journalists on Tuesday condemned the death threats and red-tagging received by a radio broadcaster in Davao after criticizing Isabelle Duterte’s controversial photoshoot. “She is being targeted because she chose to be a pro-people and pro-poor broadcaster,” the groups said. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1On Monday, Cortez received messages from an unknown texter with mobile number 0946-700-2090, telling her to slow down on her criticisms. The harasser accused the broadcaster of siding with the communists and ended with a death threat saying “[I]sang bala para nimu! ).”LOOK: the series of death threats against Davao City broadcaster, Radyo ni Juan anchor Kath Cortez @DavaoToday pic.twitter.com/NQPeFELKQW — NUJP (@nujp) December 18, 2017Before receiving the threatening messages, Cortez compared the presidential granddaughter’s extravagance to the lavish lifestyle of the Marcoses.

Source: Philippine Star December 19, 2017 11:03 UTC