Cordillera police records 2 deaths in barangay, youth elections 2023

Baguio City, Philippines – Two individuals in Cordillera died in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections this year, the police regional office said.

Re-electionist and unopposed Punong Barangay Jeffrey Tingday of Lanec, Tineg, Abra succumbed to cardiac arrest at around 3 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 at the house of Bong Veles, also a candidate for Barangay Chair of Barangay Lapat Balantay in Tineg.

He was rushed to the Rural Health Unit in town. Later that day, he was ferried to the Abra Provincial Hospital but died during the transfer.

Meanwhile, a teacher in Baguio City collapsed while she was on her way to serve as electoral board in Aguinaldo Elementary School.

The teacher, identified as Julie Busetan Paglilo, 46, a resident of Loakan Proper, was taken to Baguio General Hospital but was declared dead due to acute coronary syndrome.

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