Farmer hacked for kissing neighbor’s wife

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines – A 52-year-old farmer is fighting for his life after he was hacked for kissing his neighbor’s wife in Piddig, Ilocos Norte on Wednesday.

Chief Inspector Dexter Corpuz, Ilocos Norte police spokesman, said the incident occurred in a grassy lot in Barangay Estancia at around midnight.

Fernando Ramirez, 47, reportedly followed his wife Elpelita when she went out of their house to meet Romeo Bagaoisan. Bagaoisan was confined at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center.

Ramirez was arrested in a follow-up operation.