Catangraran officials may resign en masse

LAOAG CITY (Nov. 26) – For fear that they will be the next target of assassination, the officials of barangay Catangraran in Solsona, Ilocos Norte said they may step down from their respective position for security reason.

A tanod of said Barangay disclosed that a report reached him stating that all barangay officials of Catangraran would be killed one by one.

Police reported that newly-elected barangay chairman Rene Butin of said barangay was killed last week.

In a radio interview, the concerned Tanod appealed to Butin’s killers to spare him and his fellow barangay officials of Catangraran for the sake of their respective families as well as their constituents.