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.

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,

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made a political comeback as the newly elected mayor of Davao City. Despite being detained in The Hague for crimes against humanity related to his controversial war on drugs,

DAVAO CITY — Former president Rodrigo Duterte spends his days in a small, spartan room in detention at The Hague, awaiting trial for a bloody war on drugs that killed thousands during his time in office.

RODRIGO DUTERTE - Honeylet Avanceña revealed that the former President claimed he turns emotional when he is talking to Kitty Duterte.