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WATCH: Anxious villagers plead against lockdown of areas near Taal Volcano
Residents of lakeside villages in Tanauan City, Batangas, are pleading to be allowed to visit their homes, after the government completely closed off the immediate danger zone around Taal Volcano

Daughter of slain Tanauan mayor Halili running in 2019 elections
Reelectionist Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas remains unopposed so far, and at least 3 congressional representatives are running for reelection

Tanauan-PH claims 2018 Senior League Softball World Series tiara
Royevel Palma stars for Tanauan Little League after striking out 15 and allowing only two hits and zero runs in 7 innings
Slain Tanauan mayor Antonio Halili buried
(UPDATED) Relatives, friends, and hundreds of supporters march in a funeral procession for the late mayor, who was shot dead on July 2

#ThewRap: Videos you need to watch this week July 2-8, 2018
A string of dead local officials, the bench-clearing Gilas-Boomers brawl, updates on the boys trapped in a Thai cave

Mayor Halili's daughter urges Duterte: 'Give us justice'
'I will not feel helpless. All the more I will fight back,' says Angeline Halili who has vowed to seek justice for her slain father, Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili

Police reenactment: Halili gunman shot him from bushes
The police reenact the broad daylight killing of the slain mayor of Tanauan City

Mayor Halili had unresolved dispute with 'former general' – Albayalde
(UPDATED) Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde says Tanauan City Mayor Antonio Halili had a dispute with a 'high-ranking former general,' but he is not aware of the nature of the disagreement

'Well-planned' Mayor Halili killing leaves PNP with no suspect
'For sure, it was planned...It was well-planned,' says Calabarzon police chief Edward Carranza on the killing of Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili

Late Mayor Halili 'was like the father of Tanauan'
Despite the insinuations of President Duterte, visitors to the wake had only good words for the late Tanauan City mayor Tony Halili

3 'persons of interest' in Mayor Antonio Halili's killing – PNP
Police will also re-enact the killing of Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili to see if further details can be picked up

Witnesses recall the morning Mayor Halili was killed
Tanauan City Hall employees say they thought the popping sound was from a firecracker, then Mayor Antonio Halilli staggered a few steps and fell to the ground

Bullet pierced the heart of Mayor Antonio Halili – PNP
Police say Halili was killed by a skilled 'marksman'
New Tanauan City mayor to continue Halili’s campaign against illegal drugs
New Tanauan City Mayor Jhoanna Villamor says she will also be tough, but her methods may be different

Duterte is misinformed, says daughter of slain Mayor Halili
'I can’t blame the president... If that’s always what you hear from the same people that you talk to—and they keep telling you the same thing—it gets in your system to the point that you believe it even though it’s a lie,” says Angeline Halili
Mayor Halili spoke of 'imminent threat' to life
A city official says Tanauan City Mayor Antonio Halili began taking death threats seriously after he was included in a government list of public officials linked to the drug trade

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WATCH: Last seconds of Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili
Videos catch the final moments of Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili

LOOK: 'Sniper hole' of Tanauan Mayor Halili's killer
Police believe the killer of Mayor Antonio Halili positioned himself just in the greenery across the Tanauan City Hall

Duterte claims Tanauan's Halili involved in drug trade
The President claims the slain Tanauan City mayor was merely putting up a front when he paraded drug addicts in his city

Vice mayor Villamor to replace slain Tanauan mayor Halili
Jhoanna Corona Villamor served as councilor from 2010 to 2013 before getting elected vice mayor. She is the daughter of Alfredo Corona, incumbent provincial board member and himself a former Tanauan mayor

Senators condemn killing of Tanauan mayor Halili
(UPDATED) Senators call on the Philippine National Police to solve the killing, which opposition senators say is a result of President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war

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'Duterte of Batangas'? Slain Tanauan mayor Antonio Halili and his 'iron fist'
Tanauan City Mayor Antonio Halili, the man behind the 'Flores de Pusher' campaign, considered Davao City as his model in fighting crime

Malacañang vows punishment for Tanauan mayor Halili killers
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque describes the slain mayor, once linked to the illegal drug trade, as a 'staunch ally' of President Duterte in his war on drugs

Tanauan City mayor Halili shot dead during flag ceremony
(6th UPDATE) Antonio Halili is gunned down before the singing of the national anthem ends

'Walk of shame' Batangas mayor provokes outrage
There is a clear gross violation of human rights here Commission on Human Rights chief Loretta Ann Rosales says
Coronas running under LP in Batangas
The ousted Chief Justice s first cousins and niece are running under President Aquino s LP in his hometown of Tanauan