Paolo Duterte’s name cropped up once again in Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the 604 kilos of shabu worth P6.4 billion that slipped through the watch of the Bureau of Customs last May.
Paolo Duterte,vice mayor of Davao City is the son of President Duterte. His name appeared in a text message between customs broker Mark Taguba and a certain “Tita Nani”, said to be also “brokering” between brokers and the powerful groups that make things happen at the BOC. Taguba mentioned also the name of Davao City councillor Nilo “Small” Abellera, known to very close to Paolo.
Here are the relevant portions of the transcript of yesterday’s hearing: