(Eagle News)–The mayor of a South Cotabato town was shot dead on Friday, July 10.
The police said Sto. Niño Mayor Pablo Matinong Jr. was visiting an infrastructure project in Purok Libertad, Barangay Poblacion past 7 a.m. when he was shot.
He was rushed to a nearby medical facility but was declared dead on arrival.
Matinong was reportedly included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list in 2016.
Matinong, however, has denied the allegations.