ONE NATION UNDER GOD: Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez

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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">MANILA – Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Saturday dared Senator Leila de Lima to answer charges linking her to the illegal drugs trade by appearing before a planned inquiry at the House of Representatives.</span></div>
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De Lima, whom President Rodrigo Duterte accused of tolerating drug syndicates inside the national penitentiary when she was justice secretary said she would not testify in Congress, invoking inter-parliamentary courtesy.</div>
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Duterte said De Lima's former driver collected money from detained drug lords. He also said the driver was the senator's lover.</div>
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"Kung merong video na lumabas diyan, sino'ng magpapatunay na hindi totoo yun? [If a video surfaces, who will say if it's false?]" Alvarez said of De Lima.</div>
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Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and National Bureau of Investigation chief Reynaldo Esmeralda are expected to testify at the hearing.</div>
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SOURCE:<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/27/16/de-lima-dared-to-refute-drug-charge-in-house-probe" target="_blank"> ABS-CBN</a></div>

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MANILA – Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Saturday dared Senator Leila de Lima to answer charges linking her to the illegal drugs trade by ap...