TACLOBAN CITY – The remains of Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino were transferred from his residence to the city’s sports facility on Sunday to allow more people to pay their last respects to the slain leader.
His son Mark Aquino said they were overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support of the Calbayognons.
“We are very thankful and grateful for their love and support to our father, to the mayor. This only shows how they love my father,” he said in a phone interview.
Mayor Aquino was killed in what the Philippine National Police in Eastern Visayas said was a shootout between the mayor’s group and policemen belonging to the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group a…
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