Christopher Cuan News Today

[Mark Navales/BenarNews] A police officer and 12 alleged members of an illegal drugs syndicate were killed in a pre-dawn shootout in the southern Philippines on Saturday, security forces said about the latest eruption of violence in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. The clash occurred when police and members of the Philippine Marine Corps were attempting to serve a search warrant to Pendatun Adsis Talusan, in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province, security forces s...

[Mark Navales/BenarNews] A town mayor in the southern Philippines was gunned down with his driver in a roadside attack on Monday, the police said. President Rodrigo Duterte had said that Christopher Cuan, mayor of Libungan town in North Cotabato province, was on of a list of politicians and officials allegedly tied to drug traffickers. Cuan, 46, was attacked near his residence while heading out to inspect a construction site. The police identified the other person slain as Edwin N...

North Cotabato town mayor, driver shot dead enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 11) — Libungan town, North Cotabato Mayor Christopher Cuan was shot dead, alongside his driver Edwin Ihao at around 10:30 a.m. on Monday, the local police said. According to authorities, Cuan and Ihao came back from Davao City and were on their way to a cockpit arena to inspect an ongoing construction at Barangay Cabaruyan. Master Sgt. Anthony Basañez of the Libungan Municipa...