TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines — A barangay captain in Calamaniugan town was shot dead on Tuesday.
Police said Eranio Caleda, 46, was installing a light bulb attached to a generator at a quarantine checkpoint when the shooting occurred at around 8:55 p.m.
Caleda died while being treated in a hospital.
Probers are eyeing a row in the distribution of cash assistance to residents affected by the enhanced community quarantine as the motive for the killing.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development is distributing P5,500 in cash assistance in Cagayan Valley, which is marred by complaints from those not included on the list.