A candidate for barangay chairman in the hostile Butig town in Lanao del Sur got seriously wounded in a gun attack by his brother whose wife is incumbent barangay chairwoman in the area.
Col. Robert Daculan, director of the Lanao del Sur provincial police, said that the victim, Jamal Nanggay Bao, was immediately rushed by policemen and local government emergency responders to a hospital for treatment.
Personnel of the Army’s 51st IB immediately disarmed and detained the suspect, now clamped down in a detention facility of the Butig Municipal Police Station.Sleep advocates Heart Evangelista, Saab Magalona, LA Aguinaldo share tips for resting on timePhilippines’ first premium bed cinema to open in Uptown BonifacioThe barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in schools in Maguindanao del Norte and Lanao del Norte that have been hit...
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