2 nabbed for Cagayan village chief’s slay

By Raymund Catindig

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — Two municipal government employees in Calamaniugan town were arrested Thursday in connection with the killing of a barangay captain on Tuesday.

Police identified the suspects as Geronimo Joaquin, 39, and Carlo Aggabao, 27.

Eranio Caleda, chairman of Barangay Julian Olivas, was manning a quarantine checkpoint when he was shot.

He reportedly identified Joaquin as his assailant before he died.

Police records show Joaquin was also tagged in the killing of two other people last year and has a pending warrant of arrest for murder in Nueva Ecija.

Besides politics, probers are eyeing a row in the distribution of cash assistance under the social amelioration program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development as the motive for the killing.

Cagayan village chief  slain in shooting

By Raymund Catindig

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — 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.