ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – A Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad or councilor and two others were arrested during a buy-bust operation in a suspected drug den in Barangay Capaya 2 here on Sunday, October 22. A SANGGUNIANG Kabataan kagawad or councilor was arrested in a buy-bust...
TACLOBAN CITY – A candidate for kagawad or councilor in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections was gunned down in Gandara, Samar, on Friday, October 6. Police identified the victim as Roldan Pesidas, 43, candidate in Barangay Canhawan Gote, Catbalogan City, Samar. Initial...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay councilor or kagawad survived a stabbing incident in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Canipaan, Palompon, Leyte, on Wednesday, July 26. The victim was identified as Renelito Evangelista, 56, a councilor of Barangay Canipaan. Initial investigation disclosed that the...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A barangay kagawad who is allegedly a member of a big criminal group operating in Bulacan was arrested for illegal possession of firearms on Thursday, June 15. The suspect, identified as Edgardo Cruz, 50, barangay kagawad of Barangay Umpucan in...
CONNER, Apayao - A barangay treasurer was arrested after he yielded shabu more than P3,600 during a search warrant operation in his house in Barangay Paddaoan here on Friday, June 9. Police identified the suspect as Johny Lanna, 38, categorized as a high-value individual. The Provincial Drug...
BACOLOD CITY – A village councilor, who saw an alleged robber at his neighbor's mini-grocery store, was shot dead by the latter in Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 25. A BARANGAY kagawad was gunned down by an alleged robber in Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, Negros...
LUMBAN, Laguna – Police arrested a barangay kagawad or councilor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maractan here on Saturday, Jan. 7. Laguna police director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio identified the suspect as alias “Jun.” The suspect was arrested at around 7 p.m. after he sold suspected shabu...