BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya: Gov. Jocel Baac of Kalinga province was overwhelmingly reelected in last week’s elections despite making headlines for hitting a broadcaster inside a radio station booth in 2011.

Viewed as a vindication for his action, Baac was proclaimed for his second term as Kalinga governor under the administration’s Liberal Party (LP) obtaining 63,213 votes, nearly double than his closest rival, Conrado Dieza Jr.’s 33,498.

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