CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A barangay kagawad or councilor was shot dead in Barangay Victoria, Alaminos City, Pangasinan on Wednesday, July 3. Police Major Jairilyn Camangian, Alaminos City deputy chief of police, identified the victim as Recto “Romeo” Tabua, 57, kagawad of Barangay Victoria....
BACOLOD CITY – A 60-year-old barangay councilor died after he was hit by a 10-wheel truck carrying an empty container van in Barangay Banago here on Thursday, June 13. A BARANGAY councilor was killed after he was sideswiped by a 10-wheel truck in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Thursday, June...
ILIGAN CITY – A 57-year-old barangay councilor was gunned down in Barangay Dimayon, an isolated barangay in Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, on Thursday afternoon, June 6. POLICE secure the area where a barangay councilor was shot dead in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte on June 6. (Nunungan MPS photo)...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay kagawad or councilor was shot in Barangay San Pablo, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday, June 6. The victim was identified as Ramie Matuguina, 49, married, kagawad of Barangay Salvacion in Ormoc. Police said that Matuguina was driving a small blue hatchback and stopped...
BURGOS, La Union – Mayor Delfin Comedis Jr. here has offered a P100,000 reward for information on the mastermind and gunman in the murder of barangay kagawad Celso Apilado. Comedis mourned the death of Apilado. He described Apilado as a good person and a performing barangay official. Comedis...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Six people, including a municipal councilor, were wounded in an ambush in Akbar town, Basilan province on Saturday, May 4. SIX persons were wounded in an ambush in Akbar, Basilan on Saturday, May 4. Investigation showed that the victims were on their way to Sitio Lessem,...
BACOLOD CITY – A barangay councilor was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Sitio Canurong, Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, May 1. A BARANGAY councilor was gunned down in Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 1. (Photo courtesy...
Former Quezon City councilor Dante M. De Guzman has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of four counts of graft for his failure to distribute P7.98 million worth of relief goods to his constituents in 2008 and 2009. De Guzman was sentenced to six to eight years imprisonment for each of the four...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay kagawad or councilor from Buug, Zamboanga Sibugay was held by authorities for drug possession during an anti-illegal drug operation last Wednesday, April 24. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Office, with the Buug Municipal Police...
BACOLOD CITY – The office of Councilor Al Victor Espino here has launched a “Libre Kapon” program in a bid to control the population of stray dogs and cats in this city. AT least 100 stray dogs and cats were spayed and neutered through the ‘Libre Kapon’ program of Councilor Al Victor...
CEBU CITY – Mountain barangays in this city severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon have been placed under a state of calamity. CEBU City government personnel conducts water rationing in an upland barangay due to lack of water caused by the El Niño phenomenon. (Councilor Joel...
CEBU CITY – A member of the city council has sought an investigation after a portion of the balcony of a hotel here collapsed on Sunday night, March 10. A PARKED sports utility vehicle is damaged after debris from the collapsed balcony of a hotel fell on its roof on Sunday night in Barangay...
