Pangasinan village chief shot dead
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan, Philippines – A barangay chairman of this town was gunned down on Wednesday.
Richard Roldan, 44, of Barangay Zone 2, was on a motorcycle on his way to Alcala town when he was fired upon by unidentified assailants in a gray Toyota Innova in Barangay Ketegan.
Roldan was initially brought to the Blessed Family Hospital in San Carlos City then transferred to the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City, where he died while being treated.
Probers have yet to determine the motive for the killing.
In Ifugao, Joseph Calabson, former barangay chairman of Tukuakan in Tinoc town, was shot dead by suspected communist rebels who broke into his house on Monday night.
The gunmen reportedly left a letter from the Nona del Rosario Command of the New People’s Army, accusing Calabson of being a government informant.
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