BUTUAN CITY, March 6 -- Mayor Kirk Asis of Bayugan City in Agusan del Sur province refuted Monday a television report that the recovered getaway cars used in the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo were recovered in his city.

Asis said a television reporter on March 4 indicated falsely in his report that the three vehicles used by the killers of Degamo were recovered in Bayugan City.

"The reporter of ABS-CBN made the readers believe that it would only take less than 16 hours and 32 minutes for these recovered vehicles to travel from Negros Oriental to Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur via Butuan-Cagayan del Oro-Iligan road," Asis said in a statement.

Degamo was killed by armed attackers on March 4 in Pamplona, Negros Oriental pr...