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Filipinos condemned the assassination of radio broadcaster Percy Lapid who was critical of the previous and current Administration until his demise. Lapid's family said he received death threats before he was gunned down. The deceased broadcaster
Radio broadcaster Flo Hervias was physically assaulted by four assailants on October 7, amid a growing number of violent attacks against journalists in the Philippines. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), in condemning the attack and urging the authorities to immediately investigate the incident and hold those responsible to account.
"We're asking media personnel that hopefully if you feel there are threats on your life, let's not wait for it to get to what happened to Percy. It would be better for you to inform us so we can provide you security if you have any suspects in mind so we can start investigating," he said in Filipino and English.
"We believe that he was silenced due to his advocacy for truth," said Castro.
The brother of slain veteran broadcaster Percival "Percy" Mabasa, more known as Percy Lapid, shared his last memory of the radio commentator who was