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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A BUSINESSMAN on Wednesday was killed in an ambush in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Slain was Ronald Lazaro, a 45-year-old quarry operator, and a resident of Bgy. Platero, General Natividad, Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Based on a report submitted to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Penones Jr. by the Nueva Ecija police, the victim was driving his vehicle when an unidentified suspect on a motorcycle fired shots, killing the trader on the spot.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ambush occurred on a riverbank at a quarry site in Bgy. Lusok at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The gunman fled after the killing.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Authorities are investigating the motive for the slaying, including a possible business rivalry.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG A BUSINESSMAN on Wednesday was killed in an ambush in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija. Slain was Ronald Lazaro, a 45-year-old quarry operator, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf.png",1080,1417,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-229x300.png",229,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-768x1008.png",640,840,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-780x1024.png",640,840,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf.png",1080,1417,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf.png",1080,1417,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-1080x720.png",1080,720,true],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-1024x1344.png",1024,1344,true],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-720x530.png",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tmazkfmf-350x350.png",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16315,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16313\/revisions\/16315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}