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TALISAY CITY, Philippines ? Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez spent Christmas pining for his son Joavan, who remains detained at the Talisay City Rehabilitation Center in the hinterland village of Maghaway.
In an interview, Fernandez said he visited his son in jail along with Joavan's wife and his three kids.
"The gift of consoling measure was the only gift I could give him,? Fernandez said.
Fernandez said he, along with Joavan's wife and kids, will spend New Year with Joavan in the Talisay City Jail.
Joavan was recently acquitted for the murder of passenger jeepney driver Panfilo Barinque.
Joavan, along with five companions, were jailed for allegedly mauling and abducting Winston and Osbert Abellana, two vulcanizing shop employees. /Correspondent Justin Anjuli K. Vestil
