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Unbecoming behavior: Duterte tries to get physical in House hearing
Former president Rodrigo Duterte finally shows up at House quad committee hearing. —SCREENGRAB FROM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VIDEO
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November 15, 2024November 15, 2024News

‘Unbecoming behavior’: Duterte tries to get physical in House hearing

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Confronted publicly for the first time by two of his fiercest critics, former senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV, former president Rodrigo Duterte gestured as if to hit them in separate occasions on Wednesday at the 11th hearing of the House of Representatives’ quad committee.  It was Trillanes who appeared to enrage Duterte...

Quad committee’s upcoming hearings will be a ‘blockbuster’
The quad committee—made up of the panels chaired by Sta. Rosa Rep. Dan Fernandez, Surigao del Norte (2nd District) Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, Manila (6th District) Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., and Abang Lingkod Party-list Rep. Joseph Paduano—holds a hearing in Bacolor, Pampanga. —SCREENGRAB FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VIDEO
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August 27, 2024October 9, 2024News

Quad committee’s upcoming hearings will be a ‘blockbuster’

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More witnesses want to testify and some quarters have tried to stop others from appearing at the joint public inquiry into the possible links among illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), illegal drugs, and extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during then President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.  These are among the challenges facing the powerful quad committee...