MANILA CITY - Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada commanded the city police district to focus on the arresing of the killers of Barangay 20 chair Arnel “Bong” Parce of Tondo, who was  shot Wednesday night.

 

Before the shooting, Parce had received deaths threats due to his “stern antidrug campaign,” City Hall reported on Friday.

 

The report also noted that Parce was the fifth village chief in the city to be killed by unidentified gunmen this year.

 

The others were Tito Cardoza of Barangay 106, Tondo, (killed on Jan. 25); Nenina Acuña of Barangay 200, Tondo (March 3); Angelito Sarmiento of Barangay 751, Malate (May 26); and Dante Gonzalo of Barangay 670, Ermita (June 26).

 

Kristo Hispano, the chair of Barangay 649, Tondo, survived an ambush after attending an event at Manila Hotel on June 21.

 

Estrada said he personally knew Parce, describing him as “very competent, industrious and down to earth.”