A COUNCILOR of Santo Tomas, Pangasinan who is running for vice mayor in the 2019 midterm elections, was shot dead on Sunday, according to the Philippine National Police.

Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, director of the Police Regional Office in Ilocos, said Benjamin Oculto Jr., was gunned down at about 10:30 a.m. after attending a Mass at a Catholic church.

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