. ▁As ▁the ▁Bag ong ▁P ag - asa ▁police ▁witness ed , ▁they ▁claimed ▁St ella ' s ▁dead , ▁' til ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁she ▁did ▁surv ive ▁the ▁explos ion . ▁St ella ▁hasn ' t ▁spent ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁time ▁with ▁her ▁mother ▁returned ▁to ▁Bag ong ▁P ag - asa , ▁where ▁the ▁household ▁was ▁currently ▁having ▁Mal ena ' s ▁fun eral . ▁Ray ver ▁Cruz ▁as ▁Francisco ▁" C oco y " ▁B aut ista ▁- ▁An ▁or phan ed ▁young ▁man ▁who ▁works ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁at ▁the ▁monaster y . ▁He ▁was ▁previously ▁det ained ▁several ▁times ▁for ▁pet ty ▁cr imes . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁relationship ▁with ▁St ella , ▁but ▁they ▁both ▁broke ▁up ▁when ▁St ella ▁asked ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁and ▁further ▁dist anced ▁away ▁when ▁St ella ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁US . ▁After ▁explaining ▁everything ▁to ▁her , ▁they ▁got ▁back ▁together , ▁with ▁C oco y ▁applying ▁for ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁in ▁a ▁college ▁to ▁prove ▁his ▁worth ▁to ▁St ella . ▁He ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁college ' s ▁basketball ▁vars ity ▁team . ▁Des ire e ▁del ▁Valle ▁as ▁Cla util de ▁K ater ina ▁" T ilde " ▁Mag day o - R od r igo / Pol ic arp io ▁- ▁The ▁mayor ' s ▁mist ress ▁and ▁his ▁second ▁wife , ▁she ▁is ▁a ▁former ▁prost itute . ▁She ▁helps ▁to ▁execute ▁the ▁mayor ' s ▁orders ▁in ▁threaten ing