Baste Duterte to Serve as Davao's Acting Mayor, DILG Affirms

Baste Duterte to serve as Davao's acting mayor, DILG affirms

Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte — File photo MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte will be acting mayor in the absence of his father, former President and elected Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) affirmed. In a statement on Tuesday, a day after the officials elected in last May’s polls formally took office, the DILG cited Section 46(a) of the Local Government Code. The pr…

Baste assumes post as acting Davao City mayor

Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte has become the acting mayor of Davao City after his father failed to take his oath of office yesterday.

Baste Duterte to serve as acting Davao City mayor —Comelec

Vice Mayor Baste Duterte may serve as acting mayor of Davao City amid the detention of former President Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague, Netherlands, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday.

Baste Duterte automatically acting Davao mayor as father still unable to take oath

MANILA, Philippines – Davao City Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte has automatically become the acting mayor of the city in place of his father Rodrigo Duterte, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed on Monday, June 30. Comelec Chairman George Garcia told reporters that for candidates who do not have pending cases with the commission, like Rodrigo Duterte, jurisdiction over w…

Baste Duterte to serve as acting Davao City mayor

Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte will assume the role of acting mayor of Davao City following the failure of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, to take his oath of office. The elder Duterte, who won the mayoral election in May by a landslide with over 662,000 votes, remains in detention at the International Criminal …