Three radio announcers have been shot dead in the Philippines over the past three weeks.

In the latest, unidentified attackers fired at Rogelio Butalid in Tagum City on December 11.

Butalib hosted the show “Ang Kamatuoran” (The Truth) on 107.9 FM Radyo Natin, on which he often covered local corruption issues.

Police official Clamor told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that the killing could also be related to Butalib’s election in October to councilman of Mankilam village, which was a “hotly contested district post,” but have not arrested any suspects.

Earlier in the month, unknown assailants shot dead radio broadcasters Joas Dignos and Michael Diaz Milo.

According to ABS-CBN, the number of journalists killed so far in 2013 has now reached 12.

Altogether, 26 journalists have been killed in the first 40 months of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, and no one has been successfully prosecuted in any of these cases.

“The killing of three journalists and shooting of another in two weeks painfully reaffirms the Philippines’ reputation as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a reporter,” said Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative.