village official named as one of the operators of “jueteng” (illegal numbers game) in Laguna is up for reelection in the Barangay-Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October, according to his younger brother. SAN PEDRO, Laguna, Philippines – A village official named as one of the operators of “jueteng” (illegal numbers game) in Laguna is up for reelection in the Barangay-Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October, according to his younger brother. Gener Amante, 62, is currently the president of the Association of Barangay Captains in San Pablo City and is seeking reelection in Barangay (village) San Jose. He is also the eldest brother of incumbent and long-time San Pablo City Mayor Vicente Amante. At a House hearing on Monday, jueteng whistleblower Sandra Cam listed the names of Gener Amante and a certain Totoy Haruta as suspected jueteng operators in Laguna. Gener’s younger brother, Dante, 55, said in a phone interview that he could not comment on his elder brother’s activit