Silay City village chair in tagged in shooting turns self in

Silay City village chair in tagged in shooting turns self in

Barangay Lantad, Silay City Negros Occidental Chairman Arnie Benedicto voluntarily turned himself in to authorities hours he was linked to a shooting incident in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City in which two people were killed on Election Day.**media[11298]**Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez, Negros Occidental police, confirmed that Benedicto, assisted by his legal counsel, submitted himself for investigation on Monday afternoon.He is currently under …

Silay brgy captain faces raps for Election Day shooting

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A barangay captain who was linked to the shooting incident on May 12 in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, faces

Bacolod: Silay City shooting has not hampered conduct of polls in NegOcc - Radio Philippines Network

The shooting incident in Silay City, which claimed the lives of two persons and injured seven others on Election Day, has not affected the conduct of the elections in Negros Occidental, Commission on Elections (Comelec) -Negros Island Region Assistant Regional Director Jossil Macute said. “What happened in Silay has not brought any electoral concern; it’s more of a peace and order concern,” he said. Speaking at the Regional Election Monitoring A…

Election Day violence leaves two dead, 7 injured in Silay, brgy captain surrenders

Two supporters of Silay Mayor Joedith Gallego were killed and seven others were injured in a shooting incident in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, 7 a.m. Monday morning. Barangay Captain Arnie Benedicto of Lantad, Silay City, who was on board a van, and two unidentified cohorts opened fire without provocation while passing through the […]

Reports of technical glitches, delays mar midterm polls; violence in some areas

Reports of violence, and complaints of long queues due to voting machine malfunction and discrepancies between voters’ choices and printed receipts marred the conduct of midterm elections in the country on Monday. In Silay City, Negros Occidental, two supporters of reelectionist Mayor Joedith Gallego were killed while seven others were wounded after they were fired upon by gunmen aboard a van at around 7 a.m. on Monday, according to news reports…