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HEADLINE: High-profile inmate killed, 4 hurt in Bilibid 'riot'.

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<span style="color: magenta;">(UPDATED) High-profile convict Tony Co is killed in a stabbing incident that led to a 'riot' at the <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/">national state penitentiary</a>, says Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II</span></h2>
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'RIOT.' Inmates reportedly peeved after they were told off by another inmate instigated a 'riot' at the New<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/"> Bilibid</a> Prisons on September 18, 2016, killing one and hurting 4 more. File photo by Rappler<br />
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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – At least one <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">high</a>-<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">profile</a> inmate at the New Bilibid Prison died Wednesday, September 28, after a “riot” erupted between inmates earlier in the morning.<br />
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In radio and television interviews, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II confirmed that a certain Tony Co, an inmate at Bilibid, died after the riot at Building 14.<br />
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Other high-profile inmates – Peter Co, Vicente Sy, Jaybee Sebastian –<a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146926-jaybee-sebastian-law-ruled-bilibid"> </a>and retired police Chief Inspector Clarence Dongail were also injured, according to Aguirre.<br />
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Co, Sy, and Sebastian were taken to the Medical Center Muntinlupa. The Dongail was also hurt, Aguirre said, but did not want to be brought to a hospital and chose to be treated at the Bilibid.<br />
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Co is supposedly 50/50 while <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">Sebastian </a>is “stable,” according to Aguirre.<br />
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Citing what he called "sketchy, initial reports," Aguirre said the two Cos and Sy were reportedly using shabu at the cell of Peter Co. An inmate, Edgar Cinco, saw them, and reported them Dongail.<br />
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Dongail reportedly called out the group for using illegal drugs, and then went to the cell of Sebastian. Tony Co supposedly ran after Dongail and attempted to attack him.<br />
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"There was a riot," Aguirre said, adding that an "<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">icepick</a>" was used.<br />
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In the end, Tony Co was killed. Sy, Peter Co, and Sebastian were also hurt enough to require hospitalization, said the justice secretary.<br />
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Dongail, who was the reported subject of the attack and was supposed to have been stabbed as well, according to Aguirre, was not included in the list of injured in the official statement released by Justice Undersecretary Ericcson Balmes.<br />
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Aguirre: Sebastian should live<br />
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Asked how shabu could still exist in the Bilibid, when it was already being guarded by the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force troopers, Aguirre said the problem could not be completely wiped out at once.<br />
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Responding to questions, Aguirre said Peter and Tony Co, and Sy, are serving time for drug-related offenses. "They are considered among the biggest drug traders in the country," he said.<br />
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Asked if he planned to go to Bilibid following the incident, Aguirre said he had no time as he was part of the presidential <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">delegation</a> to Vietnam, where President Rodrigo Duterte will have a working starting. They were due to leave early Wednesday afternoon.<br />
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Then he said, "Ang masasabi ko lang ito ay hindi maganda sa gobyerno na mamatay si Jaybee Sebastian dahil 'yan ang talagang inaasahan namin na siya ang magspill ng beans, diretso 'yan kay Secretary De Lima eh. So ayaw naming mamatay 'yan, gusto naming buhay siya."<br />
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(What I can only say is that it's not good for the government if Jaybee Sebastian dies because we're really counting on him to spill the beans, he goes direct to Secretary De Lima. So we don't want him dead, we want him alive.)<br />
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He said Sebastian has not agreed to give full testimony at the House inquiry into the drug trade at the Bilibid when De Lima was justice secretary. Aguirre said Sebastian has not been subpoenaed to appear before the House committee on justice.<br />
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‪All inmates were detained at the Building 14 inside the NBP, which houses "<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">high-profile</a>" inmates, including those alleged to have continued drug operations inside prison. ‬<br />
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Co is among the detainees President Rodrigo Duterte accused of still being a drug lord in incarceration. Co is a convicted drug lord.‬<br />
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‪Sebastian is supposedly one of the most influential gang leaders in Bilibid. He has also been accused of helping Senator Leila de Lima, then justice secretary, raise campaign funds within the prison through illegal drugs, which De Lima had denied. Sebastian is serving time for carnapping.<br />
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De Lima had said that Sebastian was a government asset.<br />
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<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">Dongail</a> is one of 3 former police officers sentenced to 3 life terms – 120 years– each – in 2011 for the murder and kidnapping of a former barangay captain and two martime instructors in Bacolod City in 2003.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;">'Secretary Aquirre and his operators are a mafia of lies and intrigues, who go to bed with criminal convicts just to get their perjured testimonies,' Senator Leila De Lima says</span></h2>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">MAFIA OF LIES. Senator Leila De Lima denies owning millions and billions in her bank accounts, as she calles Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre of leading a 'mafia of lies.' Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler</span></h3>
<b>MANILA, Philippines – Neophyte Senator Leila De Lima strongly denied owning millions and billions of pesos in her bank accounts, as she called her accuser and successor Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and his men a “mafia of lies.”<br /><br />In response to Aguirre, De Lima said these allegedly questionable accounts are only fabricated to malign her.<br /><br /><i>“I have no millions or billions in my bank accounts. And I have no dummy accounts. Any alleged accounts that would be linked to me and my alleged drug links can only be fictitious,” De Lima told reporters in a text message.</i><br /><br />De Lima then slammed Aguirre for faking testimonies and evidence against her.<br /><br /><i>“Secretary Aquirre and his operators are a mafia of lies and intrigues, who go to bed with criminal convicts just to get their perjured testimonies,” she said.</i><br />It was Aguirre who said that the Anti Money Laundering Council has submitted bank documents allegedly showing that P500 million to P1 billion were transferred to De Lima’s accounts.<br /><br />Aguirre also earlier claimed that two former staff of De Lima testified against the senator and purportedly submitted bank deposit slips. The two, however, publicly denied it.<br /><br />Why allow Aguirre?<br /><br />De Lima also hit the House of Representaties for allowing Aguirre, a member of the executive, to lead a congressional inquiry.<br /><br />She questioned why Aguirre was allowed to examine the same witnesses he brought to the hearing. She pointed out such leeway was not granted to the Senate, when administration allies conducted <i>“uninhibited and grueling cross-examination” of witness Edgar Matobato.</i><br /><br />Matobato is a self-confessed hitman of the Davao Death Squad, who accused President Duterte of ordering killings when he was Davao City mayor.<br /><br /><i>“The House allows Aguirre to conduct the examination of his own witnesses, while in the Senate Matobato is subjected to uninhibited gruelling cross-examination, at times with misleading questions designed to confuse a Grade 1 dropout,” De Lima said</i>.<br /><br />De Lima is a subject of a House probe into the proliferation of illegal drugs in the national penitentiary. Convicts, criminals, and gang leaders have accused her of receiving drug money – something that the senator has vehemently denied.<br /><br />De Lima earlier said the witnesses against her in the House probe were either pressured or tortured by the government. </b><br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/147120-de-lima-denies-millions-bank-accounts?utm_content=bufferfa190&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer">RAPPLER</a>

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<b><i><span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">Senator Manny Pacquiao also moves that the entire committee on justice and human rights, which Senator De Lima heads, be declared vacant</span></i></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: magenta;">WALKOUT. Senator Leila De Lima walks out while Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is delivering a privilege speech.</span></span></span></h3>
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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Senator Leila De Lima walked out of the session hall during Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s privilege speech on Monday, September 19.<br />
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In his privilege speech, Cayetano – President Rodrigo Duterte’s former running mate and one of his staunchest allies in the Senate – accused De Lima of destroying the image of the Senate and the Philippines abroad.</span><br />
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De Lima said she left the hall “in protest” of Cayetano.<br />
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"I cannot stand it. I’m gonna deliver my own privilege speech tomorrow instead of confronting him now,” she told reporters..<br />
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"Tumayo po ako at umalis bilang protesta sa maiitim na planong patahimikin ako at ipagpatuloy ang paghahanap ng katotohanan sa likod ng mga nagaganap na patayan sa ngalan ng kampanya laban sa droga," the senator said in a separate statement.<br />
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(I stood up and left as a protest to the evil plans to silence me from continuing to look for the truth amid drug-related killings.)<br />
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Asked for her comment on tarnishing the country’s image abroad because of the Senate probe into extrajudicial killings, De Lima said: “What’s destroying the reputation of the country are the killings not me,” said De Lima, chairperson of the Senate committee on justice and human rights which is leading a Senate inquiry on alleged extrajudicial killings under the government's anti-drug campaign.<br />
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"Ang tunay na nakakasira ay ang patuloy na mga patayang nagaganap dito sa ating bayan. Lalo pa itong lumalala dahil sa mga kilos at salita ng matataas na pinuno na tila naghihikayat na isantabi ang karapatang pantao sa paglaban sa ilegal na droga,"De Lima said.<br />
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(What destroys the country's image is the continuous killings. This worsens because of the acts and words of our high-level officials who seemingly encourage disregard for human rights in the fight against illegal drugs.)<br />
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It was De Lima who last week presented an alleged former member of the Davao Death Squad who tagged Duterte and his son Paolo as among those who ordered killings in Davao City.<br />
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After Cayetano’s speech, Senator Manny Pacquiao, Duterte’s party mate, moved that the whole committee of justice and human rights be declared vacated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">"I'm not at all recognizing that proceedings. It is a sham inquiry, with no objective other than to demolish or destroy me, upon orders of the President,' says Senator Leila De Lima"</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: magenta;">NO RECOGNITION. Senator Leila De Lima says she is 'not recognizing at all' the House probe into her links in the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison. Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler</span></span><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives should not expect any trace of neophyte Senator Leila De Lima at its probe into the proliferation of illegal drugs in the national penitentiary under the previous administration on Tuesday, September 20.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">De Lima said on Sunday, September 18, that she would not attend the hearing with or without an invitation. She would not even send any representative or observer to what she called a “sham inquiry,” she added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“With or without an invitation, I will NOT attend that hearing. I will not even send any representative, lawyer or even an observer,” De Lima said in a text message.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">De Lima said she is not recognizing the proceeding, which President Rodrigo Duterte’s House allies launched after the senator started an investigation into the spate of extrajudicial killings under the new administration. (READ: De Lima to Duterte administration: 'Stop the killings now')</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I'm not at all recognizing that proceedings. It is a sham inquiry, with no objective other than to demolish or destroy me, upon orders of the President,” she said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Duterte had accused his fiercest critic of being linked to illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison during her time as justice secretary. He also alleged that De Lima is in a relationship with her supposed married lover, who collects the money from drug lords on her behalf.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">De Lima, for her part, has repeatedly denied such allegations. At one point, she said she was willing to be shot if such accusations would be proven true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II had promised an “explosive” congressional inquiry, saying 14 witnesses, including high-profile convicts such as Herbert Colangco, are set to testify against the senator.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Colangco is serving time for kidnapping but allegedly continues to run illegal drug operations from the maximum security prison in Bilibid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Aguirre had also said that one of the witnesses is a "ranking" government official.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But De Lima seemed unfazed by Aguirre's announcement, saying it was no longer a surprise that the administration has resorted to “false or perjured” witnesses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"That simply means nakakahuha na sila ng mga [they finally got some] false/perjured witnesses. I'm not surprised anymore since, as I said before, I was warned already about their evil design and insidious moves, such as fabrication of evidence," she earlier told reporters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Pawang mga kasinungalingan yan! (Those are all lies!) That's how evil and desperate they are," she added. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: magenta;">MANILA - The Duterte administration did not offer paroles to high-profile inmates of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in exchange for testifying against Senator Leila De Lima, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Sunday</span>.</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Aguirre denied that government made "exchange deals" with the prisoners who will appear next week before the congressional inquiry on the proliferation of illicit drugs in detention facilities when de Lima was still Justice chief.<br /><br />"Wala kaming pinangako diyan. (We did not promise them anything.) We are not in a position to give anything or to promise anything except na iyung mga testimony ninyo ay hindi magagamit sa inyo (your testimonies will not be used against you)," he told radio DZMM.<br /><br />He said the inmates themselves are not expecting any favor for narrating how money was collected from them to allegedly fund de Lima’s 2016 senate bid.<br /><br />"Itong mga inmates na ito, napakahaba ng mga sentensya, 'yung iba siguro rito, may life pa. Wala na silang inaasahan except that makatulong sila," the Justice chief said. (These inmates have long prison sentences, some of them were sentenced to life. They are not axpecting anything except that they will help the investigation.)<br /><br />The inmates set to appear at the House probe have been transferred from the New Bilibid Prisons to a maximum security facility inside military headquarters because of security concerns, Aguirre added.<br /><br />Two of the inmates testifying against the senator are crime kingpins Herbert Colangco and Noel Martinez. They are set to reveal how a fellow inmate, Jaybee Sebastian, allegedly directed them to sell large amounts of "shabu" as early as 2013 to contribute to then de Lima's campaign kitty.<br /><br />A high-ranking government official will also testify that he delivered millions in drug payoffs to de Lima's house in Parañaque, Aguirre said.<br /><br />De Lima is leading a Senate investigation into the thousands of deaths linked to Duterte's war on drugs.<br /><br />Last week, she presented as witness Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hitman who accused Duterte of ordering the killings of suspected criminals and political opponents in Davao City during his term as mayor.</span><div style="font-family: franklin-gothic-urw, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;">
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WATCH: Senators face off at probe into killings: 'Trash talk, out of order'.

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CLASH. Two of President Rodrigo Duterte's critics, Senators Leila De Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV (left, middle), clash with Duterte's staunchest ally Senator Alan Peter Cayetano (right) during the 3rd Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings.</div>
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MANILA, Philippines – Two of the strongest critics of President Rodrigo Duterte faced off with the Chief Executive's staunchest ally in the Senate as a supposed key witness was presented at a Senate hearing on the spate of extrajudicial killings under the new administration.</div>
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Senators Leila De Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV took turns against Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, Duterte's running mate in the last elections, at the third hearing of the Senate committee on justice and human rights on Thursday, September 15.</div>
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The exchanges happened as Cayetano grilled witness Edgar Matobato to check his credibility as a witness. He said he also wanted to "test" his theories on the motives behind the alleged former Davao Death Squad member's decision to speak about the <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146282-de-lima-presents-alleged-davao-death-squad-member" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;" target="_blank">killings in Davao City</a> when Duterte was still mayor.</div>
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The exposé of Matobato – which <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146297-duterte-not-capable-extra-judicial-killings" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;" target="_blank">Malacañang denied</a> – heated the atmosphere at the hearing, but the 3 senators made it more colorful as they, at times, spoke simultaneously, trying to put in the final word.</div>
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Cayetano took a swipe at the Liberal Party as he questioned Matobato, accusing De Lima's political party of bringing the witness into the Senate. (READ: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146331-cayetano-liberal-party-reclaim-palace-davao-death-squad-witness" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">Cayetano: LP wants to 'reclaim' Palace through 'Davao Death Squad' witness</a>)</div>
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He then clarified that he was just "testing the motives" of the witness, De Lima, and the LP. Cayetano theorized that it might just be part of the LP's so-called "<a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146331-cayetano-liberal-party-reclaim-palace-davao-death-squad-witness" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">Plan B</a>" – oust Duterte so Vice President Leni Robredo, an LP member, can assume the presidency. (READ: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146327-robredo-offended-cayetano-liberal-party-plot" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">Robredo 'offended' by Cayetano's LP ouster plot claim</a>)</div>
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Cayetano and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr had talked about this "Plan B" since the campaign, when they ran for vice president against Robredo.</div>
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De Lima, chair of the committee on justice and human rights, interjected and wanted some part of Cayetano's question be put on record.</div>
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But Cayetano cut De Lima: "May I plead with you? You brought the witness here, I am testing his motives."</div>
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De Lima cut him in return, saying, "I just feel there's need for some clarification."</div>
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"Can you do that after this?" Cayetano butted in.</div>
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Trillanes, for his part, sat between De Lima and Cayetano and asked, "Is there unli-questioning for one member?" Unli is the short version of unlimited.</div>
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"More than an hour for a non-member – that's a luxury," Trillanes added, noting that Cayetano, who was not a member of the committee holding the probe, had been speaking way past the 10-minute allotment per senator.</div>
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At this point, there was no order on the floor as both Nacionalista Party senators were talking at the same time. Trillanes moved that Cayetano be declared out of order.</div>
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De Lima was then urged to suspend the hearing "to clear the air." But even while the session was on a break, Cayetano and Trillanes were seen having a heated exchange while seated. De Lima stood up between the two and appeared to signal that the two separate.</div>
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Cayetano said, "I thought it is my turn?"</div>
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To pacify both parties, De Lima intervened and proposed that they conduct an executive session so the witness would be comfortable in explaining why he left the Witness Protection Program.</div>
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De Lima had repeatedly reminded Cayetano that he had been using up too much time already, something that the latter denied.</div>
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He went on to speak and question the witness for another 20 minutes, saying it was the responsibility of the chairperson to vet the credibility of the witness. Cayetano also questioned the neutrality of De Lima to conduct the hearing, claiming that she had already judged the Duterte administration "guilty" even before the hearing began.</div>
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This triggered De Lima to reprimand Cayetano, calling his acts "unparliamentary."</div>
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"It is unparliamentary to be imputing motives on the part of the standing committee, including the chair. You have been doing that, insinuating that, indicating bad faith on the part of the standing committee. I'm not going to allow it," De Lima said.</div>
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Cayetano objected some more, prompting De Lima to declare him "out of order."</div>
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But Cayetano continued to talk, prompting De Lima to ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to restrain Cayetano. At this point, he eventually stopped.</div>
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SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146318-de-lima-trillanes-cayetano-face-off-senate-hearing-extrajudicial-killings" target="_blank">RAPPLER</a></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">MANILA, Philippines – Senator Leila de Lima, who chairs the committee on justice and human rights said more witnesses will be presented when the hearing on drug-related killings resumes on Thursday morning, September 15.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">“After 3 weeks since the committee started its inquiry, we have yet to hear the testimonies of other witnesses who can provide not only the clearer and broader picture behind these killings but also any loopholes in enforcing our laws,” De Lima said in a statement on Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">The committee conducted hearings on August 22 and 23, and agreed to the request of Senator Alan Cayetano to suspend the investigation until after the ASEAN Summit in Laos, so as not to embarass President Rodrigo Duterte</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">The senator said the justice committee, jointly with the committee on public order and dangerous drugs, will “present more witnesses” as they continue to look into “representative cases” of extrajudicial killings and summary executions that have been on the rise since the Duterte administration started its all-out campaign against illegal drugs.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">At least 9 witnesses are expected to testify on 8 cases, where 11 victims are involved, De Lima said.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">“We have also invited other resource persons from the government sector, civil society groups and human rights advocates, as well as from the media. We hope to get their views and insights on this issue,” she added.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">The senator – criticized by no less than President Duterte for her alleged links to the drug trade – emphasized once more that her investigation is not meant to derail police operations.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">“The Senate inquiry presumes at all times the regularity of police operations. We are here to find ways to help law enforcement agencies fulfill their mandate more efficiently through legislative action” and “without violating any human rights or disregarding the due process of the law,” she said.</span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Philippine National Police</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Department of the Interior and Local Government,</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">National Bureau of Investigation</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Commission on Human Rights</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Philippine Human Rights Information Center</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Karapatan</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Free Legal Assistance Group</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Philippine Institute of Human Rights</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Ateneo Human Rights Centers</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Private media organizations</span></li>
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READ: De Lima: Expect more witnesses to drug-related killings.

'Biased' De Lima should inhibit from Senate probe Drilon asks Bato in disbelief Expect more witnesses. Int'l court may probe drug-related killings Lacson contradics De Lima We are not butchers READ: De Lima: Expect more witnesses to drug-related killings.

At least 9 witnesses are expected to testify on 8 cases, involving 11 victims, when the justice committee chaired by Senator Leila de Lima r...