Agusan del Sur Mayor Dario Otaza, 57 and his son Daryl, 27, were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of their bodies by the Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Bitan-agan, Butuan City at 6:50 am Tuesday.
Davao del Norte First District Rep. Anthony del Rosario on Tuesday tagged the move of Davao del Norte Vice Governor Victorio Suaybaguio as “unnecessary, unexpected and incomprehensible.”
The electoral campaign in Davao del Norte was hot as minutes before the deadline for the filing of candidacy last Friday, incumbent Vice Governor Victorio Suaybaguio, who earlier already filed a certificate of candidacy (COC) as First District Representative, withdrew his COC and filed instead as Governor to challenge First District Rep. Anthony G. Del Rosario.
Members of the Davao press and supporters hold on to the edge of their seats inside the Commission on Elections office here until early evening waiting for former Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to appear and file her certificate of candidacy for mayor. Only three mayoral candidates filed their COCs when the deadline of filing strike on Friday.
Family members of one of two captured soldiers request for their kin's safe release after knowing they are safe.