Freeze order stays on bank accounts used by convicted drug lord — CA

The Court of Appeals (CA) maintained that the freeze order against two bank accounts allegedly used by a convicted drug lord to launder millions of pesos will stay.

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House probe of bar lawyers’ arrest pushed

Two congressmen, one of them a former Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) official, on Wednesday called for a House inquiry into the arrest and detention of three lawyers who allegedly interfered as policemen were searching a bar in Makati City for drugs.

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Palace: No politics in Duterte’s claim that Naga a ‘hotbed of shabu’

Palace: No politics in Duterte's claim that Naga a ‘hotbed of shabu'

There was no politics involved in President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark that the home province of Vice President Leni Robredo was a breeding ground for drugs, Malacañang said on Thursday.

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De Lima also refuses to enter plea on second narcotics case

Detained Sen. Leila de Lima was arraigned for her second drug charge in a Muntinlupa court on Friday, just two weeks after her first arraignment concluded an 18-month-long legal skirmish to amend the charges against her.

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