Isabela bocap, ma shot dead; bet, pal also killed

By Charlie Lagasca

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - A newly elected barangay chairman in Isabela and his mother were gunned down by a motorcycle-riding assailant before noon Thursday.

Police said Alfredo Salvador, 56, proclaimed barangay chairman of Alicia town’s Barangay Sikat and his 70-year-old mother, Virginia, were on board a tricycle to visit a relative when they were shot in neighboring Barangay Bagnos.

Unknown to mother and son, the gunman reportedly followed them from their residence to the national highway where he overtook their tricycle and fired at them.

The gunman, police said, fled northward through the Alicia-San Mateo Road.

In another incident, a candidate for barangay chairman in one of Isabela’s coastal towns and a companion were gunned down morning of Nov. 17.

Reports identified the fatalities as Ave Salazar, who was running for chairman of Palanan town’s Marikit village, and a certain Junior Lanioza, who were shot dead by at least two men.

The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls in Palanan as well as in Divilacan and Maconacon towns have been tentatively set for Nov. 22 or 29 due to the devastation wreaked by the typhoon.