LEGAZPI CITY: Former hard-hitting radio commentator and Remate columnist Joaquin Briones Jr. was killed Monday morning in Masbate by motorcycle-riding assassins, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.

Briones, 53, a resident of Barangay Bacolod in Milagros town, was gunned down by two men at Bombon Bridge on Sitio Feeder Road in the same barangay or village, Police Chief Insp. Malu Calubaquib said.

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