Village exec dead in Batangas ambush

BATANGAS CITY—A barangay (village) chairman was shot and killed by a group of armed men in Santo Tomas town in Batangas province on Wednesday morning, police said.

Senior Supt. Leopoldo Cabanag, Batangas provincial police director, said Arthur Marasigan, Barangay (village) Santiago chairman and president of the Association of Barangay Councils in Santo Tomas, died while undergoing treatment at the St. Francis Cabrini Hospital.

Cabanag said Marasigan was driving his car when he was attacked at 9 a.m. in his village.

He said investigators were still trying to establish the motive behind Marasigan’s slaying.  SFM