The police chief of Tanza, Cavite, was suspended after a national newspaper reporter who he argued with was murdered, in the latest of a string of media killings, authorities said Monday.

Rubylita Garcia, 52, a reporter with the tabloid Remate, was shot dead on Sunday in her home in Tanza, Philippine National Police spokesman Chief Superintendent Reuben Sindac said.

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