Ex-BuCor Chief Bantag Evades Arrest in Ifugao Poultry Farm Raid
Former Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag evaded arrest during a police operation at a poultry farm in Ifugao early Sunday. Bantag is wanted in connection with the 2022 killings of broadcaster Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa and a New Bilibid Prison inmate.
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