Newspaper exec shot dead in General Santos City

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines—Unidentified gunmen shot dead the circulation officer of a local paper here around 3:25 a.m. Friday.

Alfredo Velarde Jr., 45, was entering the compound of the Brigada News in Barangay San Isidro here when he was shot, according to Ernie Gabonada, manager of the paper’s radio station.

Velarde died from four gunshot wounds, he said.