Legal experts explain that, despite his arrest, no one challenged his eligibility to run for public office. The residents of Davao have shown absolute loyalty at the polls to 'The Punisher.' This was the nickname earned by Rodrigo Duterte for his over two decades as mayor of this Filipino city leading bloody campaigns against drug traffickers,

According to Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Spokesperson Atty. John Rex Laudiangco, Duterte can still be proclaimed the winner, even in absentia, as long as there’s no legal order stopping it.

Ex-President Duterte defends Davao dynasty from ICC prison . His youngest son, Sebastian "Baste" Duterte, current mayor of Davao, was declared Davao vice mayor, while his eldest P

RODRIGO Duterte's overwhelming victory in the Davao City mayoral race signals a total rejection of the Marcos administration's efforts to erase the former president's legacy, according to his lead counsel before the International Criminal Court (ICC),