CEBU CITY – The Danao City Regional Trial Court Branch 80 in Cebu province granted the petition for mandamus filed by a barangay captain against a vice mayor and the National Liga ng mga Barangay (NLB). The court ruled in favor of Esperanza, Pilar Barangay Captain Mario Pagalan, who filed the...
SANTA MARIA, Pangasinan -- A barangay chairman was shot dead in Barangay Paitan, this town, on Tuesday, April 1. Police identified the victim as Rolando Fernandez Albino, 60, chairman of Barangay Paitan. Investigation said the victim was driving a barangay patrol tricycle when a man wearing a...
BACOLOD CITY – A former barangay captain was gunned down in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 18. Police withheld the name of the 64-year-old victim. A 64-year-old former barangay captain was killed in a gun attack in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros...
A barangay captain and his driver were gunned down in Sitio Palicad, Poblacion, Pilar, Abra on Friday afternoon, Feb. 28. Police identified the victims as Froilan Bueno, chairman of Barangay Quillat, Langiden, Abra, and Kevin Bueno. Reports said the victims were part of the convoy of Langiden...
CEBU CITY – A 26-year-old man was arrested for his alleged involvement in last year’s broad daylight killing of a barangay captain and his wife in Asturias town, Cebu province. ROBERT Ubalde was arrested as a suspect in the killing of a barangay captain and his wife in Asturias town, Cebu last...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A former barangay captain and his companion were gunned down in Indanan, Sulu on Saturday, Dec. 21. INDANAN MPS patrol car. (Indanan MPS FB) Police identified the victims as Faizal Ibrahim Biao, former barangay captain of Kandaga, Talipao, Sulu, and Fadjiri Abdurajan Biao....
ILOILO CITY – A barangay captain and her husband were shot dead in Dueñas town, Iloilo province, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. The Dueñas Municipal Police Station identified the fatality as Barangay Captain Michelle Lapastora Lamela of Barangay Santo Niño. Investigation said...
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) is investigating how the gun owned by AAMBIS-Owa party-list Rep. Lex Colada was used by a murder suspect in the killing of a former barangay captain in Tigbauan town, Iloilo province. COL. Bayani Razalan (center) speaks in a press...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – Ilocos Norte police director Police Col. Frederick E. Obar has created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to probe the murder of barangay chairman Mark Adrian P. Barba and his two companions in Barangay 22 San Guillermo, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte before dawn...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – A barangay captain and his two companions were gunned down in Barangay 22 San Guillermo here before dawn on Saturday, Oct. 26. Police identified the victims as Mark Adrian P. Barba, barangay captain of Barangay 6 San Juan Bautista and Association of Barangay Captain...
A barangay chairman and his son were shot dead in Barangay Lapting, San Juan, Ilocos Sur on Monday night, September 23. Police identified the victims as Barangay Caronoan, San Juan, Ilocos Sur Captain Bello Joseph Padua Valorozo, 52, and his son, Jumar Sotelo Valorozo, 24, farmer, also of...
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...
