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Dec 29, 2022 · A broken system. Since Mabasa’s death, calls for reform have grown. The killing has brought into focus the flaws in the Philippines’ penal system, including how a lack of resources...
Nov 10, 2022 · The Philippine authorities responded with uncharacteristic speed to the fatal shooting of hard-hitting broadcast journalist Percival Mabasa, popularly known as Percy Lapid. Within a...
May 8, 2024 · Judge Huliganga ordered an autopsy into the death of former Bureau of Corrections official Ricardo Zulueta, who had also been implicated in Lapid’s murder and died of heart failure on March 15 at the Bataan Peninsula Medical Center, according to ABS-CBN News.
Nov 23, 2022 · The high-profile investigation that followed also revealed the sordid underbelly of the Philippine correctional system. Bucor inmates facilitated Mabasa’s death, bringing to life “OTJ” (On the Job), a very disturbing but fictional movie about criminal operations in the country’s prisons.
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Nov 3, 2022 · Nov 3, 2022 8:43 PM PHT. Michelle Abad. (1st UPDATE) Inconsistent prisoner data, cell phones and drugs in jail are among the issues that ail the prison system. MANILA, Philippines – The killing ...
Nov 8, 2022 · Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said that the country’s prison system had been turned into a “criminal organization.” Mabasa’s killing reinforced the Philippines’ reputation as ...
Nov 7, 2022 · Mabasa was shot to death for his critical exposes against the prison chief, and Villamor was killed by gang leaders in prison as a cover-up after he was publicly identified by the gunman as the...
