Benguet village chief kills self

BENGUET, Kapangan, Philippines – A village chairman here reportedly hanged himself at his home on Sunday, police said on Tuesday. 

The body of Dancy Agdawi, 40, a resident of Barangay Pongayan, was discovered by his cousin Liza Apasen, said Superintendent Cherry Fajardo, Cordillera police spokesman.

A report to Kapangan police chief Senior Inspector Anderson Mauricio said Agdawi, who had a drinking spree at the house of Apasen, left at 11:30 a.m.

When Agdawi did not return and calls to his mobile phone were unanswered, his relatives went to his house, where he was found dead with a nylon cord looped around his neck.

Police have ruled out foul play. – Artemio Dumlao, Raymund Catindig