Pangasinan kagawad wounded in shooting

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines — A barangay councilman was wounded in a gun attack in Alcala town on Tuesday.

Melvin Posadas, 41, of Barangay Canarvacanan was standing in front of his house when motorcycle-riding men approached and opened fire.

Posadas was taken for treatment to a hospital, where he is now in stable condition.

Three bullet shells for a caliber .45 pistol were recovered at the scene.

Meanwhile, in Antipolo City, tricycle driver Sandy Ramos was shot dead in Barangay San Luis on Tuesday night.

Probers are eyeing a land dispute as the motive for the killing.

Ramos reportedly illegally occupied a parcel of land in Sitio Kalupa.