(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.