VP Duterte trades verbal punches with poll campaign rival Bello

DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — They were not able to cross swords during the campaign for the May 2022 elections. But now Sara Duterte and Walden Bello, former rivals for the vice presidential seat, are trading punches.

Duterte, who won the vice presidential race by a landslide, has unleashed her blows at Bello for blaming her as the cause for his arrest for cyberlibel in Quezon City last Monday.

The cyberlibel charges were filed by former Davao City information chief Jefry Tupas whom Bello characterized — in Facebook posts — as a drug dealer who was “snorting P1.5 million worth of drugs” during a beach party in Mabini, Davao de Oro that was raided by authoritie…

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