A Journalist’s Murder Rattles Manila
Prominent radio commentator’s killing puts pressure on Marcos regime to halt impunity
On October 3, as 63-year-old Percival Mabasa was pulling into his gated neighborhood in the Metro Manila community of Las Pinas, his car was hit from behind by a white Toyota Fortuner. He stopped briefly, only to have a gunman riding pillion on a motorcycle fire two bullets into his head, killing him instantly.
Mabasa was known professionally as Percy La…
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