DENR-Caraga land investigator shot dead

BUTUAN CITY , Philippines– A land investigator of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Caraga was gunned down in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur on Thursday night.

Joash Peregrino, 36, was parking his Honda Fit in front of a commercial establishment along Espiritu street when he was shot at close range by motorcycle-riding assailants at around 6:15 p.m., Lt. Col. Zaldy Abellera, Bislig police acting chief, said.

Peregrino was pronounced dead on arrival at the Andres Soriano Memorial Hospital.

 Probers said the killing could be work-related.