The second season of ''

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'', a

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, premiered on October 3, 2016, on the network's ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and worldwide on

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and concluded on May 24, 2017. The series stars

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as SPO2 Ricardo Dalisay, together with an

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consisting of

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, Albert Martinez,

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, and

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. The second season of ''Ang Probinsyano'' shows the Tuazon family's façade slowly unravel, leading their conflict with Cardo to become even more direct than it was when they were shrouded in anonymity. The Tuazons then succeed in smearing Cardo's name by securing his conviction for drug trafficking. Cardo would later escape and find incriminating evidence against the Tuazons, and along the way exonerating himself. In his search for justice, Cardo also uncovers the Tuazons involvement in the demise of his father, brother and sister-in-law.

Plot

Tomas Tuazon ( Albert Martinez), Joaquin's (

) father, is revealed as the head of the drug syndicate Cardo (

) battles. Don Emilio Syquia (

), Tomas' father-in-law, gets fed up with Tomas taking control of the drug syndicate for himself and orchestrates events that would pit Cardo against Tomas. Tomas is ultimately captured by Cardo in a drug sting, and is subsequently convicted. To retaliate, Joaquin and Don Emilio frame Cardo for illegal drug possession. While inside the maximum security prison, Cardo and Tomas continue to engage in conflicts, which further intensifies when Don Emilio reveals the truth to Cardo that Tomas killed Cardo's former sister-in-law, Carmen (

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). As Tomas attempts to escape prison, Cardo kills him. Following Tomas' death, Joaquin and General Rogelio Jacob ( Rez Cortez) hire a new, even more cruel Bureau of Corrections Director, Guillermo Acosta (Dindo Arroyo). Under their payroll, Acosta makes prison life more difficult for Cardo. Cardo participates in a jailbreak and is determined to clear his name. He continues to pursue the syndicate responsible for his frame up. To that end, using the name of Miguel, he joins his allies in prison Ramil "Manager" Taduran (

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) and Julian Valerio ( Julio Diaz) who work for the

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-based drug syndicate of Romano "Chairman" Recio ( Ronnie Lazaro), an ally of Joaquin, to take the syndicate down. The organization continues to threaten his family and has many connections in society, including the police and government. Unknown to Cardo, the syndicate who framed him is the same syndicate responsible for the deaths of his loved ones, including Ador. Don Emilio is captured by Cardo and convicted for the murder of Cardo's father, SPO4 Pablo B. de Leon (

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). Cardo and his prison allies take down Recio's drug syndicate and after surrendering, Cardo's innocence is proven after Joaquin is exposed for his crimes. Cardo obtains incriminating evidence including Colonel Roy Carreon's (Art Acuña) testimony that he previously secretly worked for Joaquin. Joaquin is exposed as Ador's murderer and for his part in covering up and leading a drug and human trafficking syndicate. Cardo kills Joaquin after the latter disrupts his wedding to Alyana (

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), finally avenging his twin's death.

Cast and characters

;Main cast *

as SPO2 Ricardo "Cardo" Dalisay *

as Verna Syquia-Tuazon * Jaime Fábregas as PC/Supt. Delfin S. Borja *

as PC/Insp. Joaquin S. Tuazon *

as Carmen M. Guzman * Albert Martinez as Tomas "Papa Tom" G. Tuazon *

as Kapitana Flora "Lola Kap" S. Borja-de Leon *

as Don Emilio Syquia ;Recurring cast * Malou Crisologo as Yolanda "Yolly" Capuyao-Santos * Beverly Salviejo as "Yaya" Cita Roque * Pepe Herrera as Benjamin "Benny" Dimaapi * Marvin Yap as Elmo Santos * Art Acuña as PS/Supt. Roy Carreon * John Medina as PS/Insp. Avel "Billy" M. Guzman * Lester Llansang as PS/Insp. Mark Vargas * John Prats as SPO3 Jerome Girona, Jr. * Michael Roy Jornales as PS/Insp. Francisco "Chikoy" Rivera * Marc Acueza as PS/Insp. Bernardino "Dino" Robles * Rino Marco as PS/Insp. Gregorio "Greg" Sebastian * Marc Solis as SPO1 Rigor Soriano *

as Alyana R. Arevalo-Dalisay * Benj Manalo as Felipe "Pinggoy" Tanyag, Jr. *

Joel Torre José Rizalino "Joel" de León Torre (born June 19, 1961) is a Filipino actor and producer who is best known for his numerous films such as the biographical film ''José Rizal'' (1998), crime thriller film '' On the Job'' (2013) and the histor ...

as Teodoro "Teddy" Arevalo * Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino as Virginia "Virgie" R. Arevalo * McCoy de Leon as Juan Pablo "JP" R. Arevalo * Elisse Joson as Lorraine Pedrosa * Lander Vera Perez as Alfred Borromeo * Kiray Celis as Mitch * Simon Ezekiel Pineda as Honorio "Onyok" Amaba * McNeal "Awra" Briguela as Macario "Makmak" Samonte, Jr. * James "Paquito" Sagarino as Paquito Alvarado * Rhian "Dang" Ramos as Amanda "Dang" Ignacio * Shantel Crislyn Layh "Ligaya" Ngujo as Ligaya Dungalo * Lei Andrei Navarro as Dominador "Junior" G. de Leon, Jr. *

Dennis Padilla Dennis Esteban Dominguez Baldivia (born February 9, 1962), popularly known as Dennis Padilla (), is a Filipino comedian, TV host, radio broadcaster and actor. He is the son of the late Dencio Padilla, and the father of actress Julia Barretto. ...

as Edgar Guzman * Ana Roces as Leonora "Nora" Montano-Guzman * Brace Arquiza as Ryan M. Guzman * Daisy Reyes as Belen Girona ;Guest cast

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{ABS-CBN Shows (current and upcoming) * 2016 Philippine television seasons 2017 Philippine television seasons