VP team drops 16 bank execs from witness list

Inquirer.net - Nov 13, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The defense in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial has withdrawn its last witness from Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), a move that denied prosecutors a chance to ask about bank records that they said could shed light on her alleged dollar accounts. The ranking BPI executive was dropped from the

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