CUENCA, Batangas – Police are hunting a barangay chairman and two barangay tanods or watchmen for allegedly killing a Siberian Husky in the barangay dog pound in Barangay Bungahan here on Saturday night, May 17. Police identified the suspects as Elmer, 50, barangay chairman, and barangay tanods...
Barangay Lantad, Silay City Negros Occidental Chairman Arnie Benedicto voluntarily turned himself in to authorities hours he was linked to a shooting incident in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City in which two people were killed on Election Day. Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez, Negros Occidental police,...
ENRILE, Cagayan – A barangay chairman was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while entering the barangay hall in Barangay 2 here on Friday afternoon, May 9. The Police Regional Office-2 identified the victim as Barangay Chairman Bernardo Gacuan, 72. The victim was taken to a hospital in Tuguegarao...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay chairman and candidate for municipal board and two supporters were wounded in a gun attack in Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victims as Falconeri Buton, chairman of...
A young barangay chairman was killed and his companion was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Montay, Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday morning, April 9. MALABANG MPS FB photo Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was shot and wounded in Calbayog City, Samar on Sunday, March 23. CALBAYOG City Hall (Wikipedia) Police identified the victim as Romeo Olojan Sr., 50, chairman of Barangay Sinidman Occidental, Oquendo District. Olojan said he was driving his motorcycle on...
CITY of Ilagan, Isabela - The chairman of Barangay Cabisera 27 here was shot dead on Tuesday evening, March 4. Police said Avelino Quitola, 62, was driving a motorcycle with his wife following behind on an electric bike in Purok 7, Barangay Cabisera 27 when he was shot upon reaching a corn...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A former barangay captain was gunned down in Barangay San Miguel here on Sunday morning, Nov. 3. Police identified the victim as Dexter Doria Jimenez, 58, former barangay chairman of Barangay Gabon here. Investigation said Doria and his wife, Marites, 61, had just left the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman and a motorcycle-for-hire driver were shot dead in Barangay Bagabao, Leyte, Leyte on Thursday, Oct. 24. Police identified the victims as Barangay Mataloto, Leyte, Leyte chairwoman Mary Ann Bacunawa, and Mar, motorcycle-for-hire driver. Investigation said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The suspect in the murder of a barangay chairman here was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cawit, this city, on Friday, September 29. Police Col. Kimberly Molitas, Zamboanga City police chief, identified the suspect as Khyser Daris, alias “Boy.” Daris...
As the 2025 midterm national election approaches, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it has started monitoring incidents of threats, harassment, and violence against elective officials like those in the barangay (village) level. "We stress that these acts incite fear across communities and...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – The chairman of Barangay 5, San Silvestre, this town, was gunned down on Friday night, September 20. A FORENSICS investigator processes the house of a barangay chairman in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte after he was shot dead on Friday night, September 20. ...
