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As Duterte Announces Departure, Scandal Looms Among Aides

Departure opens the gates for ambitious disciples

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Philip Bowring
Oct 05, 2021
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As the Rodrigo Duterte era moves towards its end, the scum within it has risen to the top in the form of Pharmally, the biggest financial scandal since the Napoles “pork” frauds of the Arroyo era, which ties together corruption in the purchase of substandard anti-Covid-19 supplies with profiteering Duterte cronies connected to China.

But the opposition i…

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