DOJ, NBI offer P2M reward for arrest of ex-BuCor chief Bantag; P1M for Zulueta

Tetch Torres-Tupas 06/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) offered P2-million reward for any information that would lead to the arrest of former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director Gerald Bantag and…

Manhunt on for Bantag, Zulueta

John Eric Mendoza 04/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Friday said it has launched a manhunt operation against former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag and his deputy security officer Ricardo Zulueta. This developed…

Bantag, others indicted for murder of Percy Lapid, Bilibid inmate

Tetch Torres-Tupas 03/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A panel of prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director Gerald Bantag and several others over the killing of broadcaster Percival Mabasa, who was popularly known as…

Bantag surfaces and points finger at convicted drug lord

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 11/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Beleaguered suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag surfaced Friday, but not without dropping bombshells. Bantag showed up on television days after murder complaints were filed against him and others over the…

Murders, autopsies, and death certificates

Artemio V. Panganiban - @inquirerdotnet 11/07/2022

Justice Secretary Boying Remulla announced over the weekend that today, Nov. 7, separate murder charges will be filed against a “very high person”—the mastermind (along with several others)—in the brutal killing of radio broadcaster Percival Mabasa, aka…

Murder, she wrote

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 11/04/2022

The unfolding of new information on the Oct. 3 murder of broadcaster and vlogger Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa of the “Lapid Fire” radio program reads like a classic whodunit. There was the surrender and confession on Oct.…

‘Homicide’ by suffocation – Fortun on Percy Lapid ‘middleman’

Kathleen de Villa 10/30/2022

MANILA, Philippines — An independent autopsy by top forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun on the body of Cristito Villamor Palaña, an alleged middleman in the assassination of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, has bolstered conjectures of foul play…

Murder raps filed vs Percy Lapid killers

Tetch Torres-Tupas 10/19/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Complaint for murder has been filed against four people involved in the killing of broadcaster Percival Mabasa, popularly known as Percy Lapid. In the complaint filed by the Southern Police District, named in the…

Journalists as endangered species

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 10/07/2022

A most profound question one writer asked a revolutionary fighter, who survived the battle of his life, was not how bloody difficult it was or how he won the battle. It was: “Were you afraid?” Were you…

‘Speaking the truth is dangerous’ in PH: Percy Lapid killing sparks condemnation

John Eric Mendoza 10/04/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The killing of Percy Lapid, a broadcaster known for his hard-hitting criticism of government officials, sparked a torrent of condemnation from a union of journalists and other personalities. The National Union of Journalists of…

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