ILOILO CITY—Two masked gunmen shot dead a Capiz town administrator in Roxas City, the provincial capital, on Sunday afternoon.
John Heredia, a long-time and well-known journalist in Capiz before he was appointed administrator of Pilar town, succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds.
Heredia, 54, had just come out from a hardware store in Barangay Lawa-an when he was repeatedly shot as he was about to board his vehicle.
He was executive producer and host of the cable television program “Abri Aga.” He also wrote for community newspapers.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said Heredia was a former national director and chairperson of its Capiz chapter.
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