Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas welcomes former mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during a courtesy call inside the Iloilo City Hall, on Sept. 20, 2024. Mabilog was forced to flee in 2017 after former president Rodrigo Duterte labeled him a 'narco politician' and threatened to add him to the list of high-profile drug suspects killed by authorities. He made his long-awaited return to Iloilo on September 20, coinciding with his 59th birthday; seven years since he left. PHOTOS BY ARNOLD ALMACEN/ILOILO CITY MAYOR'S OFFICEIloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas welcomes former mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during a courtesy call inside the Iloilo City Hall, on Sept. 20, 2024. Mabilog was forced to flee in 2017 after former president Rodrigo Duterte labeled him a 'narco politician' and threatened to add him to the list of high-profile drug suspects killed by authorities. He made his long-awaited return to Iloilo on September 20, coinciding with his 59th birthday; seven years since he left. PHOTOS BY ARNOLD ALMACEN/ILOILO CITY MAYOR'S OFFICEIloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas welcomes former mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during a courtesy call inside the Iloilo City Hall, on Sept. 20, 2024. Mabilog was forced to flee in 2017 after former president Rodrigo Duterte labeled him a 'narco politician' and threatened to add him to the list of high-profile drug suspects killed by authorities. He made his long-awaited return to Iloilo on September 20, coinciding with his 59th birthday; seven years since he left. PHOTOS BY ARNOLD ALMACEN/ILOILO CITY MAYOR'S OFFICEIloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas welcomes former mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during a courtesy call inside the Iloilo City Hall, on Sept. 20, 2024. Mabilog was forced to flee in 2017 after former president Rodrigo Duterte labeled him a 'narco politician' and threatened to add him to the list of high-profile drug suspects killed by authorities. He made his long-awaited return to Iloilo on September 20, coinciding with his 59th birthday; seven years since he left. PHOTOS BY ARNOLD ALMACEN/ILOILO CITY MAYOR'S OFFICEIloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas welcomes former mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during a courtesy call inside the Iloilo City Hall, on Sept. 20, 2024. Mabilog was forced to flee in 2017 after former president Rodrigo Duterte labeled him a 'narco politician' and threatened to add him to the list of high-profile drug suspects killed by authorities. He made his long-awaited return to Iloilo on September 20, coinciding with his 59th birthday; seven years since he left. PHOTOS BY ARNOLD ALMACEN/ILOILO CITY MAYOR'S OFFICEIloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas welcomes former mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during a courtesy call inside the Iloilo City Hall, on Sept. 20, 2024. Mabilog was forced to flee in 2017 after former president Rodrigo Duterte labeled him a 'narco politician' and threatened to add him to the list of high-profile drug suspects killed by authorities. He made his long-awaited return to Iloilo on September 20, coinciding with his 59th birthday; seven years since he left. PHOTOS BY ARNOLD ALMACEN/ILOILO CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE