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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n BALER, Aurora — \u00a0<\/strong>An Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative in the Aurora Provincial Board and his secretary<\/strong> were arrested in an entrapment operation over an alleged irregularity involving a P260,000 payment for transportation services rendered during the 2025 Indigenous Peoples Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez, the operation was conducted by personnel of the Baler Municipal Police at Honesto Restaurant on Quezon corner Carrasco Streets in Barangay 1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Arrested were alias Ranie, a 45-year-old Board member, and his secretary alias Rolyn, 35.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Police said the operation stemmed from a complaint filed regarding an alleged irregularity in the payment for transportation services provided during the 2025 IP Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n Authorities said the concerned parties met at the restaurant and\u00a0 after the suspects received the P260,000, the operating team arrested the duo and recovered the marked money.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The suspects, who are now detained at the Baler Police Station, will be charged with\u00a0 violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG BALER, Aurora — An Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative in the Aurora Provincial Board and his secretary were arrested in an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member.jpg",1517,801,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-300x158.jpg",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-768x406.jpg",640,338,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-1024x541.jpg",640,338,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member.jpg",1517,801,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member.jpg",1517,801,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-1280x720.jpg",1280,720,true],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-1024x541.jpg",1024,541,true],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-720x530.jpg",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ip-board-member-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21430,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21428\/revisions\/21430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}