Historical events in the philippines 2000 2023

I must have been so preoccupied with my various advocacies and work that I didn’t even notice the years that passed since I appeared in one of the Senate Committee on Agriculture hearings on rice smuggling, where I identified a certain Davidson Bangayan as the same person as David Tan, the alleged big-time rice smuggler, after government investigators on the rice-smuggling issue practically faced a blank wall on the real identity of David Tan.

In fact, during that hearing, no less than President Duterte, who was then-Davao City mayor, also identified Davidson Bangayan as the same person as David Tan.

Duterte strongly deplores rice smuggling.

But I can still remember that after the Senate hearings, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed a case against Davidson Bangayan a.k.a. David Tan for rice smuggling at the Department of Justice (DOJ).However, I would learn later that the case against Bangayan was returned by the D