MANILA, Philippines — A barangay captain in Tondo, Manila was shot dead yesterday afternoon by two unidentified men on a motorcycle.
Barangay 199 chairman Marcelino Ortega was standing in front of his office at the corner of Pilar and Hermosa streets when he was attacked just before 3 p.m.
Ortega died on the way to the Ospital ng Tondo.
A source said the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has removed him from the drug watchlist. A Manila Police District official said Ortega had been working closely with the MPD’s intelligence unit to curb the illegal drug trade in his barangay.