Do you think the government has already have enough supply of “hot air” and foul jokes courtesy of the likes Sergio Apostol or Raul Gonzalez, think again.

Vice President Noli de Castro pitched in with a tasteless joke about killing a reporter who asked him about his readiness to succeed embattled President Arroyo.

Read the full Agence France Presse story here.

For the new annual press freedom report by Reporters Without Borders, released today in Washington DC, click here to download.

For the report’s portion on the Philippines, go here.