NBI plans to quiz VP, ex-Speaker Velasco about alleged bagman

Inquirer.net - Sep 29, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation will invite Vice President Sara Duterte, former Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and other people implicated by a dismissed policeman in a series of alleged cash deliveries that supposedly benefited members of the Duterte family. This was announced by NBI Director Melvin Matibag on Monday after former Police

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