ILOILO CITY – The wife of former Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said that President Duterte’s renewed accusation against her husband for his alleged links to a drug syndicate was all but old news. “Old news. You had six years to prove to the world that Jed is guilty of your charges and you c
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Presidential photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte thinks former Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, whom he accused of protecting drug lords, will be in hiding for another six years. Duterte made this remark as he lamented anew about the true extent and nature of drug use in the country. "Kaya sabi ko 'di ba (That's why I said, right)? I'm fighting drugs, I never realized that I would be fighting my own government, pati sa Customs, lahat (even the Customs, everything)," he said in a speech after witnessing the lowering of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) of Metro Manila Subway Project in Valenzuela City on Sunday. He cited Mabilog as an example of local officials who have benefitted from the drug war, noting again that his house is "like a palace." "Pati si Mayor Mabilog. Iyong mayor ng Iloilo, tingnan mo ang p i bahay parang palasyo (Even Mayor Mabilog. The [former] mayor of iloilo. Look at his hou