MEDIA POWER. Brigada Group of Companies founder and chief executive officer Elmer Catulpos (center) and media personalities Dyll Bartolaba (left) and lawyer Kan Balleque (right) vow to "fight for the people" of General Santos City as they formally filed their certificates of candidacy at the Commission on Elections on Thursday (Oct. 7, 2021). Catulpos is running for city mayor while Bartolaba and Balleque are vying for city council seats. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - A radio reporter-turned owner of a rising media network and several other businesses filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor here on Thursday. Elmer Catulpos, founder and chief executive officer of the homegrown Brigada Group of Companies, formally joined the mayoral race as the standard-bearer of local party Achievement with Integrity Movement (AIM), to complete a highly anticipated three-way fight in the May 2022 elections. The party's complete slate attended a holy mass