CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) defended the arrest of a son of barangay captain in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Leia Alcantara, information officer of PDEA-7, said the arrest of the son of Barangay Carreta Captain Marciano Ando was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old former barangay councilor was gunned down in Hacienda Cabayao, Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, Sept. 3. Investigation said a man was looking for a lost carabao in the area and asked for the house of the victim Pablo. The victim...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – A barangay chairman reporting for work survived a gun attack here Wednesday morning by trading gunshots with his attackers. The Pigcawayan municipal police immediately launched a manhunt for two gunmen who escaped when Barangay Presbitero Chairman Emmanuel Doctolero...
President Marcos has signed into law a measure extending the term of office for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to four years as he postponed the December 2025 BSK elections to November next year. Republic Act No. 12232, signed by the President on Wednesday, Aug. 13, amends the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman in Motiong, Samar was arrested after hiding for nine years for the murder of two soldiers in 2016. The suspect was identified as Antonio Gabane, 64, chairman of Barangay Saraw. Gabane was apprehended on warrants for two counts of murder and two counts of...
TACLOBAN CITY - A barangay chairman and a driver were shot and wounded on Saturday, Aug. 2, in Barangay Tagbas, Albuera, Leyte. The victims were identified as Barangay Captain Enrico Barcelona of Barangay Tinag-an, Albuera and his driver Sabel Gubalane. Initial investigation revealed that the...
A barangay chairman was killed and his son was wounded in a broad daylight shooting incident in front of their house in Barangay Banitan, Guimba, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday afternoon, July 23. Police identified the fatality as Barangay Banitan Chairman Cenon Pineda Jr., 55. Investigation said Pineda...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was gunned down and his wife was wounded on their way home in Calbayog City, Samar on Wednesday. Police Lt. Col. Dinvir Revita, Calbayog City police chief, identified the fatality as Anastacio Catalan, 59, chairman of Barangay Tapae, Calbayog City, and the...
ALCALA, Cagayan – A barangay chairman was killed and nine passengers were injured in a road crash in Barangay Pared here on Friday morning, July 18. Police identified the fatality as Jesus Calatican, 54, chairman of Barangay Lablabig, Claveria, Cagayan and driver of a barangay service vehicle....
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Rep. Edwin Ongchuan has filed a bill seeking to amend Republic Act No. 7883 or the Barangay Health Workers’ Benefits and Incentives Act 1995. Ongchuan said House Bill No. 1785 aims to require all local government units to provide mandatory sponsorship of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A councilor of Barangay Calabasa here was shot and wounded by an unidentified gunman on Monday night, June 23. Police identified the victim as Ramlie Ismula, 37. Investigation said the victim heard a series of gunshots outside his home. He fled to his outdoor kitchen but was...
Police have arrested two men for allegedly killing a barangay councilor or kagawad in Barangay Palca, Tuao, Cagayan on Thursday morning, June 19. Police Col. Mardito G. Anguluan, Cagayan police provincial director, said the suspects were intercepted in a hot-pursuit operation in Barangay...
