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House leadership won’t free 6 Ilocos Norte employees detained for alleged misuse of tobacco funds

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The leadership of the House of Representatives, through House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, said that they will not release the six employees and officials of the provincial government of Ilocos Norte, known as the “Ilocos 6,” who were earlier detained due to the alleged misuse of tobacco funds in Ilocos Norte. The House of Representatives detained the “Ilocos 6” at the Batasan complex where they were cited for contempt for refusing […]