Prosecution’s bid to ask BPI about Duterte’s foreign accounts blocked

Inquirer.net - Oct 7, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution panel tried to ask the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) whether it maintains foreign accounts under Vice President Sara Duterte, but the Senate Impeachment Court blocked the inquiry as it is outside the subpoena’s scope. During Wednesday’s resumption of Duterte’s impeachment trial, private prosecutor James Bryan Ibrahim Alih asked

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