20 December 2006
Andres "Andy" Acosta
Knife attack
Acosta was stabbed to death Thursday morning in Batac, Ilocos Norte.
Witnesses saw Acosta on board a motorcycle and traveling fast before skidding to a halt and collapsing.
He died at the Marciano Marcos Memorial Hospital in Batac. Acosta worked for Laoag radio station DZJC Aksyon Radyo (Action Radio), an affiliate of the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC). It is the same station where Roger Mariano, a broadcaster killed on July 31, 2004, worked. The killing may be related to Acosta’s work, adding that the broadcaster has been receiving death threats.
