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MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives ordered the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s adviser for economic affairs Michael Yang after he repeatedly refused to comply with summons to shed light on his alleged involvement in a P3.6-billion drug bust in Pampanga in 2023.
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go pressed dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo to provide the truth during a public hearing on Monday, September 9, conducted by the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality.
Probably not wanting to see another fugitive leaving the country like Alice Guo, thousands of police officers again descended on the sprawling estate of Apollo Quiboloy in Davao City early yesterday, hoping to serve the arrest warrants for the pastor and five members of his Kingdom of Jesus Christ ministry. As of early evening yesterday, the search continued in the vast compound, which reportedly houses 42 buildings and features tunnels.
THE two Congresses under the Duterte administration may have decided not to probe the excesses of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs for fear of being labeled “protectors,” a neophyte administration lawmaker said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, lawyer Manases Carpio on Monday denied his involvement in the smuggling of illegal drugs, saying the allegations are “entirely baseless and maliciously false.”
MANILA, Philippines — While planning to conduct an investigation into allegations of a former Bureau of Customs intelligence officer implicating Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, in drug smuggling, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa has virtually cleared them.
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte said she will let her husband Manases Carpio and brother Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte answer allegations linking them to drug smuggling cases in 2017.
MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker said that the former Bureau of Customs security officer, who implicated Davao City Rep. Paolo “Polong” Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, Manases Carpio, in drug smuggling, is not yet considered a state witness.
MANILA, Philippines — Coming to the defense of the Duterte family, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa is planning to launch an investigation parallel to the one by a House panel wherein a former Bureau of Customs security officer linked Davao City Rep. Paolo “Polong” Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband Manases Carpio to the smuggling of illegal drugs.