I am quoting in full this sloppy news report from ABS-CBN News:

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Caloocan bets’ pals figure in rumble

Fighting broke out between the supporters of Caloocan congressional candidates Nilo Divina and Mitch Cajayon Monday morning.

ABS-CBN News reported that the brawl took place in Barangay 129’s San Jose community while Divina’s group was posting campaign materials. The area is a known bailiwick of Cajayon.

Dong Reyers, Cajayon’s campaign coordinator, said the supporters of Divina threatened them by brandishing firearms and a Japanese katana.

Cajayon declined to comment on the incident, saying it was small issue. He, however, advised Divina’s supporters to stop from posting campaign materials in his area to avoid similar incidents in the future.

Divina’s supporters denied that they started the fight. Arnold Divina, the candidate’s brother, said they would never act like the neighborhood toughie especially in the territory of their rival.

The rumble resulted in injuries for Divina supporter Jun Lumanog, who was beaten up with a wooden plank and had to undergo a medical treatment.

Divina, meanwhile, requested Caloocan Archbishop Deogracias Yñiguez to initiate the signing of an covenant to ensure peace and order in the city elections.

Aside from Divina and Cajayon, Councilor Tinong Bagos and Bebong Muñoz, the boyfriend of singer Jolina Magdangal, are also in the second district’s congressional race.

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Corrections:

1. Mitch Cajayon, incumbent councilor in district II, is a she (paragraph 4 refers to Cajayon as a he).
2. Caloocan has a bishop, not an archbishop.
3. It should be Tino Bagus, not Tinong Bagos.
4. Dong Reyers is probably misspelled.