Saturday, August 11, 2007 (Philippines)

Murdered after a court hearing in Danao City and before he and his two brothers could board a pumpboat back to their hometown in San Francisco, Camotes Island: ABC president and councilor Cresencio F. Estrera.(Sun.star photo/Allan Cuizon) A BARANGAY captain seeking a seat in the barangay’s council in the October elections was shot dead after attending a court hearing in Danao City yesterday morning. Cresencio Formentera Estrera, 55, was headed towards the Danao City wharf where his brothers Pepito and Eusebio had gone to check if there was an available pump boat to take them back to San Francisco, Camotes Island. As his brothers approached him, a man whose face was covered with a T-shirt crept up from behind him and shot him once in the head. [full story]