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Barbers on Roque: ‘What goes around comes around’
Harry Roque at the Aug. 22 hearing of the House quad committee. —PHOTO FROM THE PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY
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September 15, 2024September 15, 2024News

Barbers on Roque: ‘What goes around comes around’

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“What goes around comes around.” This was what Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert “Ace” Barbers said in describing the path that lawyer and former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, now again facing detention for defying a subpoena of the House of Representatives’ quad committee, appears to be treading. Barbers, who heads the quad committee looking into,...

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, 2024August 27, 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...