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Pangasinan barangay chief gunned down

Eva Visperas - The Philippine Star
December 27, 2012 | 12:00am

MANGATAREM, Pangasinan, Philippines – A barangay chairman here was shot dead in a carnival in the town plaza on Christmas Eve, police said.

Probers are eyeing personal or work-related angle or a pending case on alleged possession of illegal drugs in the killing of Ricardo Torres, chairman of Barangay Quezon, said Senior Superintendent Manolito Labador, acting provincial police director. 

Meanwhile, a former barangay chairman in Pozorrubio town, Teofilo Tempra, 56, was shot dead before dawn yesterday while he was having coffee in a public market where he worked as guard after heading Barangay Laoac.

BARANGAY

BARANGAY LAOAC

BARANGAY QUEZON

CHAIRMAN

CHRISTMAS EVE

DEAD

PANGASINAN

POZORRUBIO

RICARDO TORRES

SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT MANOLITO LABADOR

TEOFILO TEMPRA
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