Manila, April 30 -- A media organization in Iloilo strongly condemned last Tuesday's "senseless and brutal" killing of Juan "Johnny" Dayang, a prominent media personality and the former mayor of Kalibo, Aklan.

In a statement released Wednesday, the Iloilo Media-Citizen Council said Dayang, 89, was not only a respected figure in journalism and public relations, but also a steadfast advocate of press freedom and public discourse.

"His cold-blooded murder inside his own home -where he should have been safest-marks a new low in the attacks against journalists and media workers in this country," the council said.

"We reject violence in all its forms. Murder is not the way to silence voices, settle disputes, or erase legacies."

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