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Published January 3, 2021, 7:24 PM
“Bagong taon na, tigilan na ang pagiging bitter (It’s the New Year, stop being bitter).”
This was Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza’s unsolicited piece of advice Sunday to former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, who a few days ago accused the current House leadership of blocking the supposed plan of Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor and Bulacan Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado to probe corruption allegations against some of their fellow congressmen.
Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza
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“That’s fake news,” said Atienza, who last month was among those elevated to the deputy speakers’ post by Cayetano’s successor, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco of Marinduque.