{"id":115341,"date":"2017-09-01T00:59:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T04:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=115341"},"modified":"2017-09-01T00:59:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T04:59:05","slug":"duterte-orders-lifestyle-check-on-mabilog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/01\/duterte-orders-lifestyle-check-on-mabilog\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte orders lifestyle check on Mabilog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to conduct a lifestyle check on Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, whom he accused of having drug connections. (Photo<\/a>: Jed Patrick E. Mabilog\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to conduct a lifestyle check on Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, whom he accused of having drug connections.<\/p>\n

In his speech at the mass oath-taking of newly-promoted police officers on Wednesday, Duterte said that Mabilog’s house is like a palace and that he may be a son of a wealthy person.<\/p>\n

Following the President’s order, the NBI on Thursday took a peek on Mabilog’s residence. NBI Western Visayas Regional Director Max Salvador said that they no longer had to secure a search warrant from the court since the mayor gave his consent to the visit.<\/p>\n

As described by Duterte, Mabilog’s “palace-like” house can be found along the Iloilo River and across Esplanade. The mayor said that the house was constructed from his income and that of his wife, Marivic.<\/p>\n

Mabilog added that he and his wife were already living a comfortable life as they were running a number of businesses before he joined politics. The mayor said he didn’t become rich because of politics, instead they made “huge sacrifices” as well as wise investments.<\/p>\n

“My house, while often described as a palace, is not quite a palace. The land or compound on which our circa 1800’s ancestral home stands was inherited and the house was built on a more or less 200 sq meter portion,” Mabilog said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“It is not as big as pictures would make it appear. Last year I opened our doors to the local media for them to see the inside,” he further added.<\/p>\n

Mabilog said he can assure the President that not a single centavo of dirty money was spent for the construction of his home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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